[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 153 (Wednesday, October 30, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING ANDREA TUTTLE AS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

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                           HON. JARED HUFFMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 30, 2013

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Andrea Tuttle, who 
is being honored, along with her husband Don, as the Humboldt County 
DCC Citizen of the Year, an award she richly deserves.
   Andrea Tuttle's extensive work in forestry and climate issues around 
the world has made her an expert whose knowledge is invaluable in 
Humboldt County and around the globe. The expertise she has gained in 
her considerable academic and administrative experience has guided 
conservation, forestry and climate projects in California, the Pacific 
Northwest and in Asia.
   Earning undergraduate and Ph. D. degrees at the University of 
California at Berkeley and a master's degree at the University of 
Washington, Andrea Tuttle was also appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the 
North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board from 1976 to 1984; 
worked as staff for Sen. Barry Keene on the state Senate Select 
Committee on Forest Resources from 1987 to 1991; was appointed by 
Assembly Speaker Cruz Bustamante to the California Coastal Commission 
from 1997 to 1999; and was appointed by Gov. Gray Davis as Director of 
the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection from 1999 
through 2004.
   Andrea Tuttle is currently an independent consultant on forest and 
climate policy, the chairwoman of the Pacific Forest Trust and an 
observer on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 
with a focus on reduced emissions from deforestation and forest 
degradation. Andrea Tuttle has published in a wide variety of 
scientific publications on timber management and forest carbon issues, 
among others. Her years of teaching as an instructor in science and 
natural resources at Humboldt State University, the College of the 
Redwoods and at UC Berkeley highlight Andrea Tuttle's desire to share 
what she has learned for the improvement of the local and global 
communities.
   Mr. Speaker, Andrea Tuttle's dedication to conservation and natural 
resources at home in Humboldt County and abroad is commendable and 
worthy of recognition. I urge my colleagues to join me in extending our 
congratulations for her selection as Citizen of the Year.

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