LISTENING SESSIONS ON ENVIRONMENT SLATED

Make your voice heard

The U.S. Secretaries of Interior, Commerce and Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality have announced dates and locations for eight listening sessions on cooperative conservation and environmental partnerships. These sessions, the first of at least two dozen to be held around the country. Columbus, OH is scheduled as a meeting site. The meeting will be Monday, August 21 at 4:00 p.m. in OSU's Ag Adm Bldg Auditorium.

The listening sessions will give citizens an opportunity to exchange ideas on incentives, partnership programs, and regulations that can improve results and promote cooperative conservation and environmental partnerships.

Those who wish to pre-register for a particular session will need to do so on on-line in advance of the meeting www.cooperativeconservation.gov .

The meetings will focus on issues, programs, and policies mentioned frequently at the White House ConferenceConservation.
Discussion topics will include:

• How can the federal government enhance wildlife habitat, species protection, and other conservation outcomes through regulatory and voluntary conservation programs?
• How can the federal government enhance cooperation among federal agencies and with states, tribes, and local communities in the application of
  environmental protection and conservation laws?
• How can the federal government work with states, tribes, and other public- and private-sector partners to improve science used in environmental protection and conservation?
• How can the federal government work cooperatively with businesses and landowners to protect the environment and promote conservation?
• How can the federal government better respect the
  interests of people with ownership in land,water, and other natural resources?