Alaska Conservation Voters

Conservation Watch

Alaska Conservation Voters
works to protect Alaska's environment through public education and advocacy, and supports pro-conservation candidates for public office.

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Bill position papers, back issues of Conservation Watch, and legislative updates are available at the
ACV Legislation Page

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ACV Legislative Staff

Suzanne Bostrom
Legislative Campaign Manager
suzanne@akvoice.org

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ACV- Juneau
419 6 th Street, #321
Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 463-3366
(907) 463-3312 fax

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ACV- Anchorage
810 N Street #203
Anchorage, AK 99801
(907) 258-6171
(907) 258-6177 fax

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Web Resources

Legislative BASIS
Current bill text, history & committee schedules

Legislature Homepage
Find Your Legislators, member and party links, committee lists

State Homepage
www.state.ak.us
Links to state agencies, Governor

 ACV Homepage
www.acvoters.org

“Are you against all bling bling?”
---Representative Jay Ramras responding to testimony at the hearing for HB328 on Wednesday, April 5. The bill was heard and held in the House Resources committee. For more information visit the Juneau Empire.

• Legislative Fly-In

In Every Issue

• Hot Bills
• Hearings this Week

Special Note: Due to the flurry of events to occur this past weekend as part of the annual Legislative Fly-In, only an abbreviated version of the Conservation Watch will be sent out this week. Conservation Watch will be back on line next week with our usual lineup of articles and updates.

Legislative Fly-In

This year's Legislative Fly-In was held from Sunday, April 2 through Tuesday, April 4 and attracted participants from all over Alaska. The Legislative Fly-In is an opportunity for citizens to learn about the workings of the Alaska State Legislature, meet with their legislators, study conservation issues, learn activist skills and network with other pro-conservation constituents. As part of the three-day event, legislative and conservation issue discussions were led by individuals such as Deborah Williams from Alaska Conservation Solutions and our own David Rogers. These presentations touched on items such as climate change, renewable energy, SB85, transportation priorities, the pebble mine, and mixing zones. Numerous workshops were also dedicated to learning about the legislature and to honing participants' skills with oral presentations, grassroots efforts, media usage, and lobbying.

On Tuesday, April 4, ACV hosted its annual Legislative Lunch Reception, where participants from the Fly-In were graciously joined for lunch by 13 legislators and 13 staff members from the capitol, including Senators Elton, French, Wagoner, and Ellis as well as Representatives Gara, Gruenberg, Berkowitz, Cissna, Kerttula, Croft, Gardner, Seaton, and LeDoux.

ACV would once again like to thank the participants, presenters, legislators and staff members that made this year's Legislative Fly-In such a success.

Hot Bills

Bills move at a rapid pace this time of year. You can obtain up-to-date legislative information on the BASIS website. The following chart notes the status of a few bills of importance to the conservation community.

Hearings this Week

Click on the date in the table below to get the most current schedule information for that day, or check the BASIS hearing schedule. Once a bill has been heard in a particular committee it may be brought up again without public notice or listing on the weekly committee schedule. You can click on a committee name to see a list of its members.