• Report to Client on final FY 2024 Community Project/Congressionally Directed spending requests
• Provide Working Waterfront draft legislation for Client; review FISH Wellness Act, provide feedback to Hill staff on House staff; review H.R. 6235 and reach out to Hill staff to discuss legislation Provide Fisheries Finance Program (FFP) white paper to Hill staff; advise Client of FFP opportunities; share NOAA announcement on the program; provide Client with advice for commenting on NOAAs data confidentiality proposed rule; review NOAAs final 2024 MMPA List of Fisheries; provide petition submitted to NOAA on chinook bycatch, assist Client to develop comment submission and circulate on behalf of Client Participate in Hill staff committee meeting on national fisheries issues Ongoing communications with Client on numerous marine/oceans issues including: status of marine sanctuaries in the region, Hill staff changes, NOAAs 2023 IRA spend plan, MMPA issues; fishery disaster reform; VIDA status; OSW energy development & impacts on whales; WA-AK chinook salmon status and SRKW population issues; MSA reauthorization, Hill staff changes, NOAAs 2023 IRA spend plan, and MMPA issues
• Tracking and alerting client of funding opportunities available through the Dept. of Transportation Support for Captains Bay Road and water utilities projects, including CDS/CPF submissions for FY 2025 Monitoring of implementation of Master Plan for Unalaska Airport upgrades. Support for entrance channel dredging to Dutch Harbor. Support for funding for breakwater repair.
• Communications related to EPA Brownfields/ANSCA contaminated lands grant awards and FY 2023-24 funding. Support for project funding for site assessment and clean up Research EPA IRA CIimate Pollution Reduction Grant Program Research & communication - EPA solid waste financing opportunities
• Support for DOE loan funding for geothermal project
• Support for enhanced DOD presence in Unalaska and the Aleutian Islands
• Communications USCG family duty station review Engagement on damaged vessel location to safe harbor with appropriate safe distance from community population and facilities
• Support for repatriation of funerary remains and cultural artifacts to Unalaska Tracking USFWS AK Subsistence Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) deliberations

Duration: November 1, 2007 to present

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Transportation, Environmental/Superfund, Energy/Nuclear, Defense, Homeland Security, Indian/Native American Affairs, Telecommunications, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Postal

Spending: about $1,193,595 (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 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Energy - Dept of, Defense - Dept of (DOD), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Smithsonian Institution, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Senate,, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Y Y Army Corps.