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To: hannahcdewey@gmail.com[hannahcdewey@gmail.com] Cc: Leila Getto[leila_getto@ios.doi.gov]; Cara Macdonald[cara_macdonald@ios.doi.gov]; William Dove[william_dove@ios.doi.gov] From: Lassiter, Tracie Sent: 2018-06-13T15:36:32-04:00 Importance: Normal Subject: Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Methow Headwaters meeting request Received: 2018-06-13T15:37:19-04:00 Good afternoon Ms. Dewey: Thank you for your meeting request. Assistant Secretary Balash would be available on Wednesday June 20th at 3:00pm. Please let us know if that would work for your team. Best, Tracie L. Lassiter U.S. Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary Land & Minerals Management 1849 C. Street, NW, Room 6615 Washington, DC 20240 (o) 202-208-6734 (f) 202- 208-3619 Tracie Lassiter@ios.doi.gov --------- Forwarded message --------From: Hannah Dewey <hannahcdewey@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Methow Headwaters meeting request To: "SIO, Scheduling" <scheduling_sio@ios.doi.gov>, joe_balash@ios.doi.gov Cc: William Dove <william_dove@ios.doi.gov>, Joseph Hayes <joseph.hayes@boem.gov>, "O'Brien, Sean" <SeanV.OBrien@mail.house.gov> Leila, Thank you so much for your help here and for referring me to your colleagues. Here is a little more information that I hope will help with the meeting request to Assistant Secretary Balash. I am the point of contact for the meetings and my cell phone is (b) (6) Feel free to reach out by phone if that's better for you. Dear Assistant Secretary Balash, I am writing to request a meeting time with you during our upcoming visit to DC (Monday June 18-Wednesday June 20) to discuss the Methow Headwaters mineral withdrawal request currently underway in Washington state. We acknowledge the mutual importance of this topic to you, your department, and our community's interests. As such, we place great value in the opportunity for us to meet and share thoughts and steps forward on this important topic. We have been working closely with Congressman Newhouse and his office who have been very supportive of our community's effort - I have cc'd Sean O'Brien on this email from Congressman Newhouse's office. We have overwhelming local, regional, and state-wide support of our request from elected officials at all levels, as well as various other organizations representing citizens, ranchers, farmers, and outdoor recreationist's, including outdoor sportsman's groups. Our delegation visiting DC represents this diversity and comprises of the following individuals from the Methow Headwaters effort: Maggie Coon, Board Chair, Methow Valley Citizens Council Soo Ing-Moody, Mayor, Town of Twisp Kevin van Bueren, Methow Valley business owner and Methow Valley Fly Fishing club board member Jay Kehne, Conservation Northwest Associate Hannah Dewey, Organizer, Methow Headwaters Campaign Additionally, Congressman Newhouse and/or his staff intend to join us in meetings, when possible. We appreciate the value of your time and would be extremely grateful for a slice out of your very busy schedule. I thank you for your consideration of our meeting and withdrawal request, and sincerely look forward to an opportunity to personally meet you and discuss the next steps of this critical request. I look forward to hearing from you, or your office, at your earliest convenience. Sincerely and with best wishes, Hannah + Methow Headwaters team On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 4:23 PM, SIO, Scheduling <scheduling sio@ios.doi.gov> wrote: Hi Hannah! Thank you for your understanding that Secretary Zinke will not be in town during the dates you had requested a meeting. I'm cc'ing my colleagues, Billy Dove and Joe Hayes (cc'd on this email), will confirm if Assistant Secretary Balash or the appororiate official in his office is available. Thank you! Leila On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 5:06 PM, Hannah Dewey <hannahcdewey@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Leila, I'm following up on our meeting request with Secretary Zinke for June 18-20th. I'm attaching the requested meeting request form. I look forward to hearing back from you. Thanks for your help, Hannah Dewey (b) (6)