Correspondence/Recommendations

2023 Correspondence

New »  Correspondence from the December 4, 2023, HWCC meeting:

Letter to USDA Under Secretary Robert Bonnie regarding the Migratory Bird Resurgence

Letter to USDA Under Secretary Robert Bonnie regarding the Migratory Bird Resurgence Initiative.

Letter to DOI Secretary Haaland regarding the National Wildlife Refuge System

Letter to DOI Secretary Haaland regarding the National Wildlife Refuge System Strategic Growth Policy. 

Letter to DOI Secretary Haaland and USDA Secretary Vilsack Regarding the Establishment of a National "Net Gain"

Letter to DOI Secretary HAaland and USDA Secretary Vilsack regarding the establishment of a national "net gain" of wetlands goal by the Biden Administration.

Correspondence from the September 12, 2023, HWCC meeting:

Letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack regarding the Departmental land Appraisal

Letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack regarding the Departmental land appraisal process.

Letter to DOI Secretary Deb Haaland regarding the Departmental land

Letter to DOI Secretary Deb Haaland regarding the Departmental land appraisal process.

Letter to DOI Secretary Deb Haaland regarding Water Management Issues

Letter to DOI Secretary Deb Haaland regarding water management issues on the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuges.

Letter to DOI Secretary Deb Haaland and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack regarding the possible increase of Sunday Hunting

Letter to DOI Secretary Deb Haaland and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack regarding the possible increase of Sunday Hunting opportunities on public lands.

Letter to USFWS Director Martha Williams regarding opportunities for Hunters
Letter to USFWS Director Martha Williams regarding opportunities for hunter input into Refuge hunting Programs.

Letter to USFWS Director Martha Williams regarding the investment of funding through the Great American Outdoors Act
Letter to USFWS Director Martha Williams regarding the investment of funding through the 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.

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to improve waterfowl habitat.

Correspondence from the April 17, 2023, HWCC meeting:

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Recommendation to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack regarding the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act.

HWCC Forest Health Projects
Recommendation to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack regarding the utilization of funds provided through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to fund forest health projects.