Issues lobbied + lobbyists (7)
ENV — Environment/Superfund
National Environmental Policy Act implementation, categorical exclusions, cross-agency policy Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act Forest and grassland management for wildfire mitigation funding, prioritization of targeted treatment areas Bureau of Land Management rule on Conservation and Landscape Health - recission, related policy Citing of projects in previously-designated superfund sites, solar guidance
Lobbyists:- KAITLYNN GLOVER — covered position: U.S Senate - Office of Senator John Barrasso (WY) - Intern - September-December 2011 - Legislative Aide- May-December 2015 - Legislative Assistant- January 2016-January 2020
- mr JAMES GARRETT EDMONDS — covered position: U.S. Senate - Office of Senator Mitch McConnell (KY) - Legislative Correspondent (Oct 2022-July 2024) - Staff Assistant (July 2021 - Oct 2022) - Intern (June 2021)
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service
BUD — Budget/Appropriations
Implementation of continuing Resolutions provisions for Agriculture, Interior, and Related Agencies. FY27 appropriations issues, including: Agriculture, Interior & Related Agencies, Energy and Water
Lobbyists:- KAITLYNN GLOVER — covered position: U.S Senate - Office of Senator John Barrasso (WY) - Intern - September-December 2011 - Legislative Aide- May-December 2015 - Legislative Assistant- January 2016-January 2020
- mr JAMES GARRETT EDMONDS — covered position: U.S. Senate - Office of Senator Mitch McConnell (KY) - Legislative Correspondent (Oct 2022-July 2024) - Staff Assistant (July 2021 - Oct 2022) - Intern (June 2021)
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE
CAW — Clean Air and Water (quality)
Drought relief measures, permittee and producer assistance Clean Air Act, regarding wildfire emissions Clean Water Act, Water quantity (drought-related restrictions and federal plans) Greenhouse gas reporting requirements (appropriations)
Lobbyists:- KAITLYNN GLOVER — covered position: U.S Senate - Office of Senator John Barrasso (WY) - Intern - September-December 2011 - Legislative Aide- May-December 2015 - Legislative Assistant- January 2016-January 2020
- mr JAMES GARRETT EDMONDS — covered position: U.S. Senate - Office of Senator Mitch McConnell (KY) - Legislative Correspondent (Oct 2022-July 2024) - Staff Assistant (July 2021 - Oct 2022) - Intern (June 2021)
Government entities lobbied: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
NAT — Natural Resources
BLM & USFS grazing regulations Cooperative monitoring Agency monitoring and reporting protocols Wildfire policy; U.S. Wildland Fire Service Sage Grouse ROD implementation Endangered Species Act revisions/modernization Grizzly Bear delisting regulations Gray Wolf Delisting; Pet and Livestock Protection Act and regulatory Mexican Gray Wolf ESA policy; delisting bill NEPA policy, guidance and regulations Depredation policies, standards, and guidelines at APHIS and USFWS NRCS programs available to natural resource management Wild Horse and Burro Act funding and implementation Parochial grazing/land use bills. H.R.1110, Grazing for Wildfire Risk Reduction H.R.281/S.316, Grizzly Bear State Management Act H.R.302, Water Rights Protection Act H.R.1301, death tax repeal H.R.1897, the ESA Amendments Act H.R.2238, Ranching Without Red Tape Act H.R.1661/S.775, Save America's Forgotten Equines Act S.140, the Wildfire Prevention Act S.211, the Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Resource Conservation Health Act S.1306/H.R.845, to delist the Gray wolf H.R.471, Fix Our Forests Act Implementation of livestock depredation provisions in the H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists resolutions Rangeland conservation (post-fire remediation and funding, post-WHB rehab, invasive species mitigation)
Lobbyists:- KAITLYNN GLOVER — covered position: U.S Senate - Office of Senator John Barrasso (WY) - Intern - September-December 2011 - Legislative Aide- May-December 2015 - Legislative Assistant- January 2016-January 2020
- mr JAMES GARRETT EDMONDS — covered position: U.S. Senate - Office of Senator Mitch McConnell (KY) - Legislative Correspondent (Oct 2022-July 2024) - Staff Assistant (July 2021 - Oct 2022) - Intern (June 2021)
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Forest Service
ANI — Animals
Animal Health programs - Foreign Animal Disease guidance for public lands, wildlife heath issues, New world screwworm Migratory Bird Treaty Act; regulatory changes and implementation Endangered Species Act implementation; species specific listing statuses and critical habitat designations; rulemakings Wild and Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act Wildlife conservation measures, including habitat prioritization/management of contiguous parcels Depredation verification standards (Mexican gray wolves, gray wolves, other large predators) Depredation payments and funding allocations
Lobbyists:- KAITLYNN GLOVER — covered position: U.S Senate - Office of Senator John Barrasso (WY) - Intern - September-December 2011 - Legislative Aide- May-December 2015 - Legislative Assistant- January 2016-January 2020
- mr JAMES GARRETT EDMONDS — covered position: U.S. Senate - Office of Senator Mitch McConnell (KY) - Legislative Correspondent (Oct 2022-July 2024) - Staff Assistant (July 2021 - Oct 2022) - Intern (June 2021)
Government entities lobbied: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
AGR — Agriculture
NRCS Conservation practice standards EQIP, CRP Implementation Farm Bill issues, including funding for EQIP, CRP, cross boundary utilization Climate change and sustainability and effect on agriculture industry Control and take practices for black vultures, coyotes, other predators; Depredation verification standards for Mexican gray wolves, gray wolves Animal Health programs - Foreign Animal Disease guidance for public lands, wildlife heath issues, New world screwworm Parochial grazing/land use bills Grazing across refuge, non-USFS/BLM land Roadless Rule - USDA/USFS; Travel Management rule Grazing Action Plan USDA/DOI - vacant allotments, infrastructure planning. Trade of beef impact on federal lands ranchers
Lobbyists:- KAITLYNN GLOVER — covered position: U.S Senate - Office of Senator John Barrasso (WY) - Intern - September-December 2011 - Legislative Aide- May-December 2015 - Legislative Assistant- January 2016-January 2020
- mr JAMES GARRETT EDMONDS — covered position: U.S. Senate - Office of Senator Mitch McConnell (KY) - Legislative Correspondent (Oct 2022-July 2024) - Staff Assistant (July 2021 - Oct 2022) - Intern (June 2021)
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Forest Service
RES — Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
Conservation programs and conservation funding; easements, land trust issues etc. Land trade, disposal, appraisal processes National Wildlife Refuge review BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule repeal Various land use plans across 14 western states. Permittee grazing issues (Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota) NEPA policy, guidance across new implementation
Lobbyists:- KAITLYNN GLOVER — covered position: U.S Senate - Office of Senator John Barrasso (WY) - Intern - September-December 2011 - Legislative Aide- May-December 2015 - Legislative Assistant- January 2016-January 2020
- mr JAMES GARRETT EDMONDS — covered position: U.S. Senate - Office of Senator Mitch McConnell (KY) - Legislative Correspondent (Oct 2022-July 2024) - Staff Assistant (July 2021 - Oct 2022) - Intern (June 2021)
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Forest Service