Comment Letters Regarding the Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriation for the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Emerging Plant Pests

In April 2011, on behalf of 15 leading organizations in the fields of conservation, forestry, and horticulture, comment letters were sent regarding the Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriation for the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Emerging Plant Pests to:

• House Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
• Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

These letters were also sent to additional Hill staff. The following organizations supported these letters:

• American Forest Foundation
• American Nursery & Landscape Association
• California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers
• City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation Bureau of Forestry
• The Davey Institute
• Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
• Greenspace-the Cambria Land Trust
• Massachusetts Association of Campground Owners
• National Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds
• National Association of State Foresters
• National Ornamentals Research Site at Dominican University of California
• Purdue University, Department of Entomology
• Society of American Florists
• Society of Municipal Arborists
• The Nature Conservancy