AGENDA

Monday, April 17, 2023
9:00 AM EST – 5:00 PM EST

Meeting location:
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC20240
Room 5160

Please refer to the Federal Register Notice for more meeting details. 

April 17, 2022 

9:00am 

Convene
Welcome and Council Member Introductions
    - John Devney, HWCC Co-Chair

Comments from:
    - Tommy Beaudreau, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
    - Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, U.S. Department of Agriculture

9:30am 

Meeting overview 
     - John Devney, HWCC Co-Chair 

9:45am 

Public comment session

10:15am

Briefings on Departmental/agency implementation of Great American Outdoors Act Great American Outdoors Act
This landmark conservation law, enacted in 2020, authorizes the use of up to $1.9 billion a year in energy development revenues for five years for needed maintenance to facilities and infrastructure in our wildlife refuges, national parks, forests, recreation areas and American Indian schools.

Learn more about Great American Outdoors Act /Inflation Reduction Act/Bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act

  • Department of the Interior  

          -  Sarah Greenberger, Associate Deputy Secretary

  • Fish and Wildlife Service  

          -  Steve Guertin, Deputy Director
             View Presentation

  • Bureau of Land Management  

           -  Tomer Hasson, Senior Policy Advisor
             View Presentation
           
           -  Rosemarie Spano, GAOA Program Manager
            View Presentation

  • U.S. Forest Service  

           -  Robert Harper, Director - Biological and Physical Resources
           -  Betty Jewett, GAOA Director (Acting)
           -  Bradley Kinder, BIL/IRA Coordinator for the National Forest System
            View Presentation

12:15pm

LUNCH(Seating area of the Bison Bistro in the basement level.)

Meeting Transcript for Session #1: 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM

1:15pm 

Briefing on status of current operations of the National Wildlife Refuge System
    -  Cynthia Martinez, Chief – National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
       View Presentation

1:45pm 

Welcoming comments of Corey Roegner, Deputy Division Chief – Division of Recreation & Visitor Service, Bureau of Land Management

Introductory briefing on Bureau of Land Management Public Access Issues
     -  Jeffrey Cartwright, Public Lands Access Program Manager
       View Presentation 

2:15pm

Briefing and status update on on-going implementation of big game migration corridor conservation efforts

  • Department of the Interior
     - Sarah Greenberger, Associate Deputy Secretary

  • Bureau of Land Management
    -  Frank Quamen, Division Chief - Division of Wildlife, Aquatics, and Environmental Protection
     View Presentation

3:00pm

Council Subcommittee report-outs

  • Private Lands

  • Hunting & Recreational Shooting

5:00pm 

Adjourn 

Meeting Minutes

Two hunters in dirt camouflage bunker with shot guns raised to the sky.
"The Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council's purpose is to provide recommendations to the Federal Government, through the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, that (a) benefit wildlife resources; (b) encourage partnership among the public; sporting conservation...
Program