Comment Letters Regarding the Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriation for the USDA Forest

In March 2011, on behalf of 11 leading organizations in the fields of conservation, forestry, and horticulture, written testimony was provided regarding the Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriation for the USDA Forest Service to the House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. The following organizations submitted this testimony:

• Alliance for Community Trees
• American Forest Foundation
• City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, Bureau of Forestry
• The Davey Institute
• Greenspace – the Cambria Land Trust
• Massachusetts Association of Campground Owners
• National Association of State Foresters
• National Plant Board
• The Nature Conservancy
• Purdue University, Department of Entomology
• Virginia Forestry Association

In April 2011, on behalf of 15 leading organizations in the fields of conservation, forestry, and horticulture, a comment letter was sent regarding the Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriation for the USDA Forest Service to the Senate Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies [link to USFS_FY12_Approps_Senate.pdf].

This letter was also sent to additional Hill staff. The following organizations supported this letter:

• 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