Environmental Concerns Committee

Subcommittees and Issues

• Report to the WDAFS Executive Committee
• Hardrock Mining Law of 1872
  • Letter to members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee regarding reform of the Hardrock Mining Law of 1872
• Klamath River Review
  • Letter to Secretary Evans of the Dept. of Commerce (PDF - 365 kb)
  • Terms of Reference (PDF - 453 kb)
• Coal Bed Methane
  • WDAFS position letters concerning Coal Bed Methane - "Comments on the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Plan Amendment for the Powder River Basin Oil and Gas Project" (PDF 77 kb) and cover letter (PDF - 34 kb)
  • Terms of Reference (PDF - 195 kb)
• Alaska Instream Transfer
  • Letter to Governor Murkowski (PDF 357 kb)
• Upper Palid Sturgeon Review
  • Critical Evaluation of the Upper Basin Pallid Sturgeon Recovery Program (PDF - 23 kb)
• Lamprey Review Committee
  • Letter to Dave Allen of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (PDF - 24 kb)
• Biological Opinion Remand Review Committee
  • Review comments on the 2004 biological opinion remand on the operation of the Federal Columbia River power system and 19 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Projects

Committee Reports from Previous Years

Last updated December 4, 2009