PUBLIC LANDS COUNCIL lobbying for PUBLIC LANDS COUNCIL

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 22, 2025

Money reported

None

Registrations and no-activity reports carry no figure.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 2

JAMES GARRETT EDMONDS

Previously held: U.S. Senate - Office of Senator Mitch McConnell (KY) - Legislative Correspondent (Oct 2022-July 2024) - Staff Assistant (July 2021 - Oct 2022) - Intern (June 2021)
KAITLYNN GLOVER

Previously held: U.S Senate - Office of Senator John Barrasso (WY) - Intern - September-December 2011 - Legislative Aide- May-December 2015 - Legislative Assistant- January 2016-January 2020

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 9

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
SENATE
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
U.S. Forest Service

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 12

HR 1110
Grazing for Wildfire Risk Reduction Act
HR 281
Grizzly Bear State Management Act
S 316
Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2025
HR 302
Water Rights Protection Act
HR 1301
Death Tax Repeal Act
HR 1897
ESA Amendments Act of 2025
HR 2238
Ranching Without Red Tape Act of 2025
HR 1661
Discriminatory Gaming Tax Repeal Act of 2023
S 775
SAFE Act of 2025
S 140
Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025
S 211
Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act
S 1306
A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a final rule removing the gray…

Lobbying activity 7

Budget/Appropriations

Continuing Resolutions provisions for Agriculture, Interior, and Related Agencies. FY26 appropriations issues, including: - Agriculture - Interior & Related Agencies - Energy and Water

Clean Air and Water (quality)

- Drought programs - Clean Air Act - Clean Water Act - Greenhouse gas reporting mechanisms (appropriations)

Natural Resources

- BLM Grazing Regulations - USFS Grazing handbook and directives - Wildfire policy - Sage Grouse plan revisions (BLM) - Endangered Species Act revisions - Grizzly Bear Delisting - Gray Wolf Delisting - Mexican Gray Wolf ESA policy; delisting - NEPA policy, guidance and regulations - Wild Horse and Burro Act funding and implementation. 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, to delist the Gray wolf

Agriculture

- Farm Bill issues, including funding for EQIP, - 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

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation

- Conservation programs and conservation funding - BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule repeal - Permittee grazing issues (Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota) - NEPA policy, guidance

Animals

- Wild and Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act - wildlife conservation measures, including habitat prioritization/management of contiguous parcels - Migratory Bird Treaty Act; regulatory changes and implementation - Endangered Species Act implementation; species specific listing statuses and critical habitat designations; rulemakings - Depredation verification standards (Mexican gray wolves, gray wolves, other large predators) - depredation payments and funding allocations

Environment/Superfund

- National Environmental Policy Act guidance, agency next steps. - Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act - Forest and grassland management - wildfire mitigation funding, prioritization of targeted treatment areas - Bureau of Land Management rule on Conservation and Landscape Health