• Support for inclusion in FY 2019 Energy & Water Appropriations Bills report language encouraging the Army Corps of Engineers to better assess water quality impacts on Gulf of Mexico oysters of navigation and coastal restoration projects and where feasible to mitigate any negative impacts on area oyster reefs. Support for inclusion of identical language in the FY 2019 Energy & Water Appropriations Bills. Monitor funding and development of Gulf coastal restoration, flood control and navigation projects. Monitor funding decisions and activities of entities (NRDA Trustee Implementation Groups, RESTORE Act Council, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation) responsible for disbursement of BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement funding. Support for extension of H2B guest worker visa program. Support for Federal funding for repair of Bohemia Salinity Control Structure on the lower MS River. Drafting of comments in support of Plaquesmine Parish's permit application to the Army Corps to repair the structure. Opposition to termination of the NOAA Sea Grant Program. Monitoring of the Army Corps's draft scoping for its Environmental Impact Statement for construction of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD) in the lower MS River Delta. Support for restoration alternatives to the MBSD. Monitoring and drafting of comments on Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Environmental Assessment & Draft Strategic Restoration Plan for the Barataria Basin. Monitoring of Army Corps dredging project in Mobile Bay, AL. Monitoring of legislation to establish a national aquaculture policy (S. 3138). Monitoring of interagancy project coordination efforts for environmental permitting for the MBSD project by CEQ and the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council.

Duration: April 4, 2016 to December 31, 2018

General Issues: Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Immigration

Spending: about $0 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2016: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)