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strategy in place. Remember it was Walden who found the SRS offset needed to <br />pay for SRS funding along with Washington Representatives Cathy McMorris <br />Rodgers, Dan Newhouse and Jaime Herrera Beutler who persuaded GOP <br />Speaker Paul Ryan to agree to include SRS in the March 22, Omnibus <br />Appropriations bill. <br />Going forward Bob is working on: <br />Active National Forest Management and more aggressive timber harvests; <br />Making certain that once active National Forest management reforms <br />pass that they provide revenue to counties equal to or greater than current <br />SRS payments; <br />• Organizing the next effort to extend SRS and PILT payments; <br />• Endangered Species Act reform including a revision to the Northwest <br />Forest Plan; <br />• Revenue sharing legislation for renewable energy modeled after the <br />existing geothermal 25% revenue sharing plan with counties; <br />Educating each county on "Coordination" tools which empower counties <br />and recognizes a county government's unique responsibility to protect the <br />health and safety of its citizens during negotiations with federal agencies <br />over any major federal action. <br />The record of success speaks for itself. I urge your continued financial support <br />for Bob's work in Washington on behalf of our National Forest counties. <br />Itinc rely, <br />Doug E land, Chelan County <br />Chairman Evergreen Forest County Group <br />