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Message From: Sent: To: CC: Subject: Hanson, Tanner [Tanner.Hanson@mail.house.gov] 12/16/2017 9:54:23 PM Hanson, Tanner [Tanner.Hanson@mail.house.gov] Small, Jeff [Jeff.Small@mail.house.gov] Western Caucus Reboot 12.16.17 Week of 12.16.2017 New Forest Service Chief Tooke Meets With Western Caucus Vows to work with members, Caucus to implement forestry reform A- Wstnt Cave a captivating MrrtMy bfembtr yt&t&rd&y b o u - s' duGsrij Chi :sr jr- >>-GC'bsd "utb To* <> Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061E 00003311-00001 On Tuesday, new Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke met with members of the Congressional Western Caucus. Chief Tooke is off to an excellent start and knows better than anyone the challenges we face when it comes to combating catastrophic wildfires and actively managing our forests. Tony Tooke is the 18th Chief of the United States Forest Service and has worked for the agency for 18 years. Prior to his current role, Chief Tooke was the Regional Forester for the Southern Region. He grew up on a small 200-acre farm in Detroit, Alabama. McClintock Passes Bill to Increase Public Access Hous OOP administrativ* stat b f moving to allow HSiRepublicanspytth# feral y c" 8 areiar h tuvf t .v ;;.vv a y asu.iv by adviilCMg f Ili ta tltow felcyr -{vau a r-Utu On Wednesday, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed Rep. McClintock's bill to provide bicycle and wheelchair access to some of the most scenic landscapes in the country. Numerous Democrats opposed this commonsense legislation. "This bill advances one of the principal objectives of the Federal Lands Subcommittee: to restore public access to our public lands. When the House considered the Wilderness Act in June of 1964, the record is clear that its framers intended that the term "mechanical transport" be applied to nonhuman-powered vehicles like motorcycles - not human-powered devices like bicycles. Bicycles were allowed in wilderness areas from the inception of the Act in 1964 until 1977, when the Forest Service reinterpreted the act to ban them. Bicycles peacefully co-exist with backpacking, hiking, horseback riding and packing on any other public lands - and they did for many years in Wilderness areas. This bill only removes the current blanket prohibition against bicycles and other Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061E 00003311-00002 forms of human-powered locomotion established by bureaucratic regulation. It in no way interferes with the discretion provided in other regulations and laws that gives land managers the ability to close or restrict the use of trails according to site-specific conditions. This bill restores this principle for America's mountain bikers on our public lands," Rep. McClintock stated. "This bill prevents unelected bureaucrats from arbitrarily banning bicycles, strollers and wheelchairs from our public lands," House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop said. "Public lands should be open to all Americans. It is shocking to see self-proclaimed defenders of public lands in Congress vote to perpetuate a permanent ban on bikers, parents, the disabled, or certain hunters from accessing public lands. I'm proud to stand with Rep. McClintock in fighting for American citizens who are tired of government officials telling them they can't enjoy our nation's public lands." "Our public lands have always played different roles based on their unique characteristics and histories. But a blanket ban on bicycles and wheelchairs in wilderness clearly provides an overbroad answer to the question of what kinds of activities are appropriate across those vast and diverse areas. There is no question mountain biking can be done responsibly, with its impacts controlled by land managers and proactive biking cooperatives working together. I want to congratulate Western Caucus member Tom McClintock for his bill passing Committee, and thank him for bringing to light this commonsense public lands use issue," said Western Caucus Chairman Paul Gosar. See the bill's text HERE. Labrador Passes Bill to Increase Geothermal Energy ^ j |. Rm I Ltab rad0r % J r *** regulations far geoihr m,-< xp or*; or >>^5 On Wednesday, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed Rep. Labrador's bill to incentivize new production of geothermal resources and support more development on lands Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061E 00003311-00003 already leased for that purpose. Read Congressman Labrador's press release HERE for more information. Bill text can be found HERE Agriculture Committee Launches Farm Bill Page Slick promo video showcases what to expect House Ag Commstt I'iu38rc not u? v/;?' ! est : k.v Ir du g papa, tfw CrtorMtfi 'sfo r m a a "*' - ' 'fi.' >V'i fj 4 :><(r nu M; 'et c' On Wednesday, the House Committee on Agriculture launched a landing page to share important information on the upcoming farm bill. The Committee also released an excellent video which can viewed by clicking above or visiting the landing page. tilenn'ST Thompson 0- Looking forward to r e upcoming i House Ag Committee #ffousg laonctws #:F*rniBil landing page to to a rt dotails and infonoafion on tha upcoming f in i dill # C oniw ay!X I I agrlcuituricdouamgovffartoPllif' Trump Administration Slashes Job-Killing Regulations The president literally cut the red tape Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061E 00003311-00004 The Trump Administration has not been shy in proclaiming its intentions to dismantle the regulatory state. President Trump is clear on his desire to provide ordinary Americans and business owners with greater regulatory certainty and the economic prosperity that attends to it. On Thursday, December 14, 2017, President Trump was joined by Secretary of Transporation Elaine Chao and Secretry of the Interior Ryan Zinke for a 'ribbon-cutting' ceremony. In the Roosevelt Room, he cut red tape connecting I960's approximately 20,000 pages of regulation to today's more than 185,000 pages. The message was that the Trump Administration is severing the near-exponential regulatory onslaught of the federal government. This is being accomplished in large part by President Trump's original Executive Order 13771 directing agencies to eliminate two old regulations for each new one introduced. The actual progress of the Administration on this front is even more drastic: President Trump announced in the Roosevelt Room that the figure is now closer to 22 eliminated for every one introduced. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061E 00003311-00005 DoilstfifJ. Tramp ' v Trtay, gathered in Hm Um%mm ffosi fo r single reason: to CUT THE HEO: Ta r s<- ^ r ,, 50 m-m'-g-mv,' og ~ 5TS or -erj; turn;, snd ctcm" h-v cost our country triio n s of dollars, millions of jo in eountlesa ireerkan faetorlos, fo devastated entire Industries, Daily Caller Fact-Checks Democrat Wildfire Claims Western Caucus weighed in The Daily Caller's fact-checking arm ran a fact-check piece looking into some of the more incendiary claims that accompany Democratic talking points on wildfires, including that climate change is a more substantial cause than decreased forest management and thinning. The Daily Caller cited politicians including California Governor Jerry Brown and former Vice President A1 Gore who implied or stated explicitly that addressing climate change was the proper way to deal with wildfires while neglecting to discuss the need for active forestry management. The verdict: that premise is 'False'. From the piece: "Policies to stop naturalfires can makefuture fires worse when they leaveforests with thick, dry undergrowth. Members o f the [congressional] Western Caucus say too muchfocus onfire suppression and not enoughfocus onfire prevention helps to explain the severity offires in California and elsewhere. Tanner Hanson, a spokesmanfor the Caucus, told TheDCNF in an email that some politicians who link climate change to thefires also "plead ignorance to the question o f whetherforest thinning and clearing millions o f dead, dry trees could have any effect on the intensity or duration o f wildfires. " While the Forest Service has spent a record $2.3 billion this year on battlingfires, timber harvests have decreased 80 percent over the last 30 years, according to the Caucus. The House passed a bill in November that would increasefundingfor preventative forest managementpractices like managedfire treatment and removal o f dead trees. " Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061E 00003311-00006 Click HERE to read the full fact-check. Rep. Kristi ' W tftt klcldrici tkf cjur H tu it/S in tit C t t ft it n t t C tm m itttt h tttn i on ku? ug lu I -if tfU k -i. j ;u^tu C J etuH 3 ^ `Ti-sr ^ : O, I-gut *i| It *t$?u u UK* If. "u* u'Uv'it V' ptKU'M t Congressman Ken Buck (CO-04) discusses his bill to make water more accessible and affordable for rural communities as well as his efforts to protect American energy infrastructure. Click HERE or on the picture below to watch the address. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061E 00003311-00007 mnmomwnimmm D" WEBSITE Click Here to view this email in your browser Click Here to be removed from this list Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061E 00003311-00008