Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Forest Resource Council

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Lobbying firm

Cascade Public Affairs

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  • Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations for the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management O&C forest management programs. Oversight of U.S. Forest Service and BLM implementation of Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law legislation.
  • S. 1540, legislation to address Cottonwood decision. Management of US Forest Service and BLM lands in the Western United States. Proposed Forest Service rules related to climate smart forestry, mature and older forests. Forestry title provision in potential Farm Bill reauthorization. Wilderness and Wild and Scenic proposals, including the Wild Olympics Legislation in Washington and the River Democracy Act in Oregon. Congressional support for Supreme Court review of legal challenges to antiquities act designations and management plans for BLM lands in western Oregon.

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General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Natural Resources

Spending: about $1,200,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Forest Service, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), White House Office

Bills mentioned

H.R.2936: Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017

Sponsor: Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

S.605: Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

H.R.1483: Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

S.1731: Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

S.1548: Oregon Wildlands Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.235: Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.167: Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

H.R.2647: Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016

Sponsor: Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

S.1691: National Forest Ecosystem Improvement Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.3085: Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

S.1510: Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2015

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.1699: Oregon Wildlands Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.1448: Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.132: Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.2822: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)

S.1645: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.1991: Wildland Fires Act of 2017

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.2068: Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.483: Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.47: John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.2642: Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Sponsor: Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.)

S.1382: Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.1262: Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.4431: Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.192: River Democracy Act of 2021

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.4614: Resilient Federal Forests Act

Sponsor: Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

H.R.2639: Trillion Trees Act

Sponsor: Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

S.1589: Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.455: Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.999: Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Sponsor: Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.)

H.R.878: Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act

Sponsor: Jared Huffman (D-Calif.)

S.1459: Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California...

Sponsor: Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)

H.R.2488: No Taxpayer Funding for the U.N. Population Fund

Sponsor: Chip Roy (R-Texas)

S.2561: A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning...

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

S.3046: Root and Stem Project Authorization Act of 2022

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

S.4904: Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.1540: A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning...

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Heath Heikkila n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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