TIM HOLDEN: “This must include safe and responsible domestic oil and natural gas production as part of a broad energy portfolio.”

We must also be certain that our Federal Government is not carrying out the requirements of this plan in a heavy-handed manner.

The increase in regulatory action by EPA makes targeted conservation funding even more essential.

The Forest Service should always consider the multiple uses of our National Forest land, including timber production, habitat preservation, natural resource management, and recreation.

EPA keeps saying that the Chesapeake Bay TMDL has been a collaborative process, but the states are telling us that EPA has been very heavy-handed and top-down.