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H E A D L I N E S
* Sustainable Forest Management
* Manufacturing Extension Partnership * Regional Budget Analysis SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT ----------------------------- The Northeast-Midwest Coalitions on Friday, January 25, will host House and Senate briefings on sustainable forest management. The sessions will describe how efforts to manage forests for environmental, economic, and societal results can complement and advance congressional priorities, from protecting watersheds and habitat to providing forest products for world markets. Panelists representing the broad-based Roundtable
on Sustainable
Forests will explain their work and describe how Congress can benefit from the Roundtable's research and expertise. They also will invite staff to comment on the content and scope of the 2003 Report on Sustainable Forests, a landmark study by 11 federal agencies that will assess the nation's progress toward sustainability. Presenters will include representatives of the
Yale University
Global Institute for Sustainable Forestry, National Association of State Foresters, Pinchot Institute for Conservation, American Forest and Paper Association, American Forests, and U.S. Forest Service. On January 25, the Senate-side briefing will begin
at 1:00 pm in
room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The House-side session will begin at 3:00 pm in room 2456 of the Rayburn House Office Building. CONTACT: Barbara Wells at the Northeast-Midwest
Institute
(464-4019). MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP ----------------------------------- Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), co- chairs of the Senate Task Force on Manufacturing, are circulating a letter that asks the Bush Administration to request at least $106.5 million (the amount appropriated in fiscal 2002) for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. MEP helps small and mid-sized American manufacturers modernize in order to compete in the demanding global marketplace. The senators are responding to news that the
Office of Management
and Budget is proposing drastic reductions in MEP's fiscal 2003 budget. Deadline for signatures on the letter is Tuesday morning, January 22. CONTACT: Kris Sarri at the
Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition
(962-6865). REGIONAL BUDGET ANALYSIS ------------------------ The Northeast-Midwest Institute and Coalitions on Monday, February 4, will release a regional analysis of the president's fiscal 2003 budget proposal. That analysis will review the administration's major initiatives, as well as highlight its treatment of key regional programs. The Northeast-Midwest report will be emailed to regional reporters, House and Senate Coalition members, and state members of the Institute by 3:00 pm on February 4. |