Testimony and Input

NACD's mission is to serve conservation districts by providing national leadership and a unified voice for natural resource conservation.

NACD President Olin Sims testifies before Congress Congress and Federal Agencies regularly invite NACD officers and members to provide on-the-ground perspectives on conservation policy. Whether it is providing testimony before Congress, writing letters to committee leadership or Administration officials, or submitting comments on policies to agencies of the executive branch, NACD voices the priorities of Conservation Districts.

Recent Testimony and Input:

Testimony:
Funding Wildland Fire Suppression, NACD, April 10, 2008 | HTML | PDF |

Great Lakes Testimony, NACD, January 23, 2008 | HTML | PDF |

Climate Change and Wildfire, NACD, September 24, 2007 | HTML | PDF |

Comments:

NACD Comments to EPA regarding CAFOs and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits, April 7, 2007 | HTML | PDF |

NACD Comments to EPA Regarding Air Reporting Requirements for Livestock Operations, March 27, 2008 | HTML | PDF |

Letters:

Joint Letter on Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Bill, Environment and Public Works Committee, May 6, 2008, | PDF |

Joint Letter on 2008 Farm Bill Adjusted Gross Income (AGI), House Leaders and Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Senate Leaders and Committee on Agriculture, May 5, 2008 | PDF |

Joint Farm Bill Conservation Letter, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and House Agriculture Committee, April 17, 2008 | HTML | PDF |