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:

Coalition Letter Urges Farm Bill Passage in Senate, U.S. Senate, May 13, 2008 | PDF |

Coalition Letter Urges Farm Bill Passage in House, U.S. House of Representatives, May 13, 2008 | PDF |

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