Dear Friend,

For generations, America’s great outdoors have ignited our imaginations, bolstered our economy, and fueled our national spirit of adventure and independence. That is why during the month of June, we celebrate Great Outdoors Month and rededicate ourselves to experiencing and protecting our nation’s unique landscapes and treasured sites.

Agencies Are to Finalize Plans Later in 2011

Roundtable Allies:

On January 18, 2011, President Obama issued Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.’’   The Executive Order directed agencies to develop and submit a preliminary plan within 120 days that will explain how they will review existing significant regulations and identify regulations that can be made more effective or less burdensome in achieving regulatory objectives.

• See Executive Order 13563 here.
• See the memo circulated by OMB to all federal agencies regarding implementation of EO 13563 here.
• See the Presidential Memo on regulatory flexibility, small business and job creation here.

BOISE – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host two public meetings to ask for public input into long-term management of 7,100 acres of public lands where a rare plant, Packard’s milkvetch, is found.

Meetings will be held in Payette and Emmett, Idaho, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. as follows:
· June 8th at McCain Middle School, 400 North Iowa Avenue in Payette;
· June 9th at Emmett High School, 721 West 12th Street in Emmett.

By: MATTHEW DALY 06/01/11 10:11 AM
Associated Press

Under pressure from Congress, the Obama administration is backing away from a plan to make millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West eligible for federal wilderness protection.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a memo Wednesday that his agency will not designate any of those public lands as “wild lands.” Instead Salazar said officials will work with members of Congress to develop recommendations for managing millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West.