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Rep. Young's Sealaska land bill passes House

...structures and surveillance equipment on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture.H.R. 2578 now moves to the Senate.? Contact reporter Russell Stigall at 523-2276 or at russell.stigall...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-06-24/rep-youngs-sealaska-land-bill-passes-ho
Local
Kootznoowoo seeks federal control of marine waters

...subsistence priority."Kootznoowoo turned to the federal government for help.The corporation is asking U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, to "exert extraterritorial jurisdiction to non-federal marine waters adjacent to Admiralty Island...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-04-03/kootznoowoo-seeks-federal-control-marin
Local
Court stalls USFS projects

...can."The Forest Service has not appealed the decision.U.S. Sen. Mark Begich sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, April 3, requesting "immediate steps" to prevent delay in the Forest Service's approval of...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-04/court-stalls-usfs-projects
State
JEDC and Forest Service release cluster plan for economic development

...likely for success and are readily achievable. He said the hope is to have recommendations ready to take to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack by the late summer. "I'm very pleased with the report," Pendleton says in a release. "Through...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-06-12/jedc-and-forest-service-release-cluster
Local
My Turn: Sealaska's Roadless Rule worries are groundless

...their impact and necessity, regardless of whether they are in or outside of roadless areas. On March 21, the Secretary of Agriculture re-delegated authority to the Forest Service to issue the Special Use Authority to permit the Blue Lake Hydroelectric...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-09-01/my-turn-sealaskas-roadless-rule-worri
Opinion
High tunnels proving a successful way to extend growing season in Homer by weeks

...the 2012 fiscal year, Kinney has received 143 new applications.Depending on congressional funding and the Secretary of Agriculture's approval, the program could continue into 2013.Kinney will speak about high tunnels at the Nov. 11-12...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-11-07/high-tunnels-proving-successful-way-ext
State
USFS approves 2 projects in roadless areas

...Massey said the rule doesn't automatically disqualify development in inventoried roadless areas. He said the secretary of Agriculture has approval of projects like roads or timber in such areas. The secretary can also re-delegate this approval...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-08-01/usfs-approves-2-projects-roadless-areas
Local
Roadless rule proving successful, conservation group says

...all over the country. Dale said another complication is the Tongass is not exempt from decisions made by the Secretary of Agriculture, who could make his own decisions regarding road construction. "It doesn't change any of the processes...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/012611/loc_776304770.shtml
News
Juneau Empire Story Archive

...There is no illusion that the Forest Service is not being administered by Frampton and Jim Lyons (assistant secretary of agriculture for natural resources and environment). photo: Inside ``They have done that by forcing resignations of senior...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022000/Ins_dcis.shtml
Anti-Alaskan Democrats pose a threat to the future of the Southeast economy

...administration to switch production to kraft grade pulp. In a one-page letter to the regional forester, Under Secretary of Agriculture James Lyons not only said no, he ordered ALP's long-term timber contract canceled. In 1995, President...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/090907/opi_20070909007.shtml
Opinion

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