FOREST SERVICE
Analyses
Forest Resources for the Environment and the Economy Act (S. 820), S4253 [3MY]
Articles and editorials
Dead Firefighters Were Sent Where They Didn't Belong, E1482 [1AU]
Don't Disturb Parks Policy, E59 [30JA]
Don't Forget the Vital Role of Diplomacy, E1826 [5OC]
Bills and resolutions
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H5925 [21SE]
Clovis, CA: convey facilities and lands comprising the Five Mile Regional Learning Center to the Clovis, CA, Unified School District and authorize the continued use of unconveyed lands comprising the Center (see H.R. 3401), H8842 [4DE]
Colorado: management as open space of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (see H.R. 1379), H1409 [3AP]
———provide interim protection for certain roadless areas in Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado (see H.R. 552), H254 [8FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: authorize former Federal employees receiving voluntary separation payments to accept subsequent Federal employment related to fighting forest fires (see H.R. 2959), H6055 [25SE]
———sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding (see S. 997), S5967 [7JN] (see H.R. 2144), H3067 [12JN]
Dept. of Commerce: establish a carbon sequestration program and implementation panel to enhance international conservation and to slow greenhouse gas buildup in the atmosphere (see S. 769), S3852 [24AP]
Ecology and environment: encourage use of carbon storage sequestration practices (see S. 1255), S8280 [26JY]
Forests: increase carbon storage in national forests and facilitate the reporting of forest projects which reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (see S. 820), S4245 [3MY]
Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (see S. 531), S2306 [14MR]
Recreational Fee Demonstration Program: terminate and offset lost revenues by prohibiting engineering support funding for sales of timber from National Forest System lands (see H.R. 908), H739 [7MR]
———termination (see H.R. 1139), H1059 [21MR]
Religion: eliminate fees associated with special use permits that authorize a church to use structures for religious or educational purposes (see H.R. 743), H441 [27FE]
Utah: acquire land and construct an interagency administrative and visitor facility at the entrance to American Fork Canyon (see S. 1240), S8203 [25JY]
———designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 786), S3994 [26AP] (see H.R. 1613), H1658 [26AP]
———designate certain lands in the Pilot Range as wilderness (see H.R. 2488), H4008 [12JY]
Factsheets
Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act (H.R. 1379), E531 [3AP]
Letters
Road construction, public access, and timber management policies relative to roadless areas initiative: Representative Mark Udall, E374 [15MR]
———William R. Toor, Mayor of Boulder, CO, E375 [15MR]
Remarks in House
Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Institute of Museum and Library Services funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior and Forest Service funding, H3382-H3395 [21JN], E1190 [25JN]
Chattahoochee National Forest: land acquisition, H3413 [21JN]
Clovis, CA: convey facilities and lands comprising the Five Mile Regional Learning Center to the Clovis, CA, Unified School District and authorize the continued use of unconveyed lands comprising the Center (H.R. 3401), E2194 [4DE]
Colorado: management as open space of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (H.R. 1379), E531 [3AP]
———provide interim protection for certain roadless areas in Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado (H.R. 552), E141 [8FE]
———provide interim protection for certain roadless areas in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, E374 [15MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: authorize former Federal employees receiving voluntary separation payments to accept subsequent Federal employment related to fighting forest fires (H.R. 2959), E1736 [25SE]
———sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding, H3395 [21JN]
Firefighters: fire management plan reassessment, E1482 [1AU]
Forests: protection of certain roadless areas, H1744, H1830 [2MY], E736 [4MY]
Ice storms: disaster assistance, H3305 [20JN]
Independent Order of Foresters (organization): anniversary of High Court of the California North/Nevada North, E154 [13FE]
National parks and recreation areas: fair and reasonable fees for use of public lands, H6440 [9OC]
Payette National Forest: Thunder Mountain land acquisition, H3413 [21JN]
Public lands: road construction, public access, and timber management policies relative to roadless areas initiative, E59 [30JA], E374 [15MR]
———Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Program funding, H6265 [4OC]
Recreational Fee Demonstration Program: temporary extension relative to GAO report results and consideration by authorizing committee, H3407, H3408 [21JN]
———terminate and offset lost revenues by prohibiting engineering support funding for sales of timber from National Forest System lands, H3372 [21JN]
———termination, H3408-H3411 [21JN]
Research: investigation of employees in Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife relative to planting of false evidence by biologists in habitat study, E2389 [20DE]
Utah: designate certain lands in the Pilot Range as wilderness (H.R. 2488), E1325 [12JY]
Western States: Federal land management, H864 [13MR], H1004-H1009 [20MR]
Remarks in Senate
Chattahoochee National Forest: land acquisition, S7570 [12JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding, S11083 [25OC]
———sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding (S. 997), S5976 [7JN]
Dept. of the Interior: management of Federal lands relative to multiple use and wilderness area designations, S623-S631 [29JA]
Ecology and environment: encourage use of carbon storage sequestration practices, S13117 [13DE]
———encourage use of carbon storage sequestration practices (S. 1255), S8284 [26JY]
Fire prevention: use of wildfire mitigation funding for fire hazard reduction activities in high risk areas, S7572 [12JY]
Firefighters: fire management plan reassessment, S8904 [3AU]
———investigation of delays in combatting the Thirtymile Fire in the Cascade Mountains based on application of the Endangered Species Act, S8904 [3AU]
Forests: increase carbon storage in national forests and facilitate the reporting of forest projects which reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (S. 820), S4249 [3MY]
Lake Tahoe: environmental restoration funding, S7576 [12JY]
Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (S. 531), S2309-S2313 [14MR]
Maine: Forest Legacy Program funding, S7573 [12JY]
Minnesota: forests management, recovery, and rehabilitation programs funding, S7571 [12JY]
Office of Tribal Relations: establish, S13040 [12DE]
Public lands: management of multiple use public lands, S7580 [12JY]
Purdue University: Fine Hardwoods Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center funding, S7570 [12JY]
Utah: acquire land and construct an interagency administrative and visitor facility at the entrance to American Fork Canyon (S. 1240), S8222 [25JY]
Reports filed
Utah Pilot Range Designation of Certain Lands as Wilderness: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2488) (H. Rept. 107-269), H7722 [5NO]
Resolutions by organizations
Road Construction, Public Access, and Timber Management Policies Relative to Roadless Areas Initiative: Boulder, CO, City Council, E375 [15MR]
Summaries
Carbon Sequestration and Reporting Act (S. 1255), S8291 [26JY]
Northern Front Range Roadless Area Protection Act (H.R. 552), E142 [8FE]
Texts of
S. 531, National Recreation Lakes Act, S2310-S2313 [14MR]
S. 769, International Carbon Conservation Act, S3862 [24AP]
S. 820, Forest Resources for the Environment and the Economy Act, S4250-S4253 [3MY]
S. 997, Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Control Act, S5976 [7JN]
S. 1255, Carbon Sequestration and Reporting Act, S8285-S8291 [26JY]