Eric,



Great work man! FYI - There are other places to look for financial records...The Federal Election Commission (FEC) and for lobbying records, go to the Senate's Office of Public Records...



http://www.fec.gov/disclosure.shtml



http://www.senate.gov/legislative/Public_Disclosure/LDA_reports.htm



Not sure if these are relevant to what you're working on but, here are some more HSUS records (from the FEC)...



Federal Election Commission (FEC), Humane Society Legislative Fund, October 10, 2006 through December 31, 2006, FEC Form 5 (Report of Independent Expenditures Made and Contributions Received) and Schedule 5-E (Itemized Independent Expenditures)

http://images.nictusa.com/pdf/011/27940074011/27940074011.pdf#navpanes=0



Federal Election Commission (FEC), Humane Society Legislative Fund, October 10, 2008 through December 31, 2008, FEC Form 5 (Report of Independent Expenditures Made and Contributions Received) and Schedule 5-E (Itemized Independent Expenditures)

http://images.nictusa.com/pdf/904/29932108904/29932108904.pdf#navpanes=0







There’s another one…The Nature Conservancy. If anyone is interested in reading how some of this "stuff" works - the behind the scenes stuff - Well, these will keep you busy...



The Washington Post, “IRS Toughens Scrutiny of Land Gifts” by Joe Stephens and David B. Ottaway, Washington Post Staff Writers, Thursday, July 1, 2004; Page A01

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19102-2004Jun30.html



The Washington Post, “Tax Abuse Rampant in Nonprofits, IRS Says” by Albert B. Crenshaw, Washington Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, April 5, 2005; Page E01

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26388-2005Apr4.html



The Chronicle of Philanthropy Update, “Senators Question Tax Breaks Taken by Donors to Conservation Groups” by Brad Wolverton, June 8, 2005

http://philanthropy.com/free/update/2005/06/2005060801.htm



U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Chuck Grassley, of Iowa - Chairman, Opening Statement of Chairman Chuck Grassley, Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”, Wednesday, June 8, 2005

http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/statements/060805cg.pdf



U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”, Wednesday, June 8, 2005 (ATTACHMENTS)

http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/statements/060805cgattach.pdf



U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”, Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - Testimony of the Honorable Earl E. Devaney, Inspector General for the Department of the Interior Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/testimony/2005test/edtest060805.pdf



U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”, Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - Statement of Steven J. McCormick On Behalf of the Nature Conservancy, Hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/testimony/2005test/sm2test060805.pdf



U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”, Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - Prepared Testimony of Steven T. Miller, Commissioner, Tax-Exempt and Government Entities Division, Internal Revenue Service before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/testimony/2005test/smtest060805.pdf



U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”, Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - Testimony of Rand Wentworth, President, Land Alliance Trust before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/testimony/2005test/rwtest060805.pdf



U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”, Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - Testimony of Burnett R. Maybank, III, Director, South Carolina Department of Revenue before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/testimony/2005test/bmtest060805.pdf



U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”, Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - Committee Report on the Nature Conservancy - Table of Contents and Executive Summary

http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/other/tnccontents.pdf



U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”, Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - Committee Report on the Nature Conservancy - Part One-Overview of Applicable Exempt Organizations Law

http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/other/tncPart%20One_final.pdf



U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”, Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - Committee Report on the Nature Conservancy - Part Two-General Observations

http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/other/tncPart%20Two_final.pdf



U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”, Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - Committee Report on the Nature Conservancy - Part Three-Detailed Discussion of Certain TNC Programs & Activities

http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/other/tncPart%20III_final.pdf



U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”, Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - Committee Report on the Nature Conservancy - Part Four-Discussion of IRS Reporting Requirements

http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/other/TNC%20Part%20Four_final.pdf



News Release - Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Environment Program, “$1.6 Million Awarded to Assess Options for Optimizing Federal Climate Policies”, Grants will enable three nonpartisan research organizations to analyze issues of interest to policymaker and respond to request for input on policy design by Douglas Meyer, March 19, 2009

http://www.ddcf.org/doris_duke_files/download_files/ClimateChangeNewsRelease031909.pdf



News Release - Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Environment Program, “$7 Million Awarded to Accelerate the Implementation of State Wildlife Action Plans in the Northwest”, Grant will enable organizations in Idaho, Oregon and Washington to conserve priority natural areas by Douglas Meyer, March 11, 2009

http://www.ddcf.org/doris_duke_files/download_files/LPI4NorthwestPR2009.pdf



News Release - Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Environment Program, “$3.6 Million Awarded to Help States Safeguard Nature in an Era of Climate Change”, Grant will enable four organizations to assist states in updating and implementing their wildlife action plans by Douglas Meyer, April 21, 2009

http://www.ddcf.org/doris_duke_files/download_files/SWAPClimateChangePRApr2009c.pdf



US Fish and Wildlife Service - FY2006 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Grants, Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grants by State, Endangered Species Program

http://www.fws.gov/home/feature/2006/Sect6FY2006AwardSummariesCompletePDFFINAL.pdf



US Fish and Wildlife Service - FY2007 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Grants, Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grants by State (Draft Project Descriptions Arranged by State), Endangered Species Program

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/grants/2007/S6Nont2007AwardSummaries.pdf



US Fish and Wildlife Service - FY2008 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Grants, Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grants by State, Endangered Species Program

http://www.fws.gov/pdfs/Sect6FY2008AwardSummariesFINAL.pdf



US Fish and Wildlife Service - FY2009 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Grants, Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grants by State, Endangered Species Program

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/grants/section6/Sect%206%20FY%202009%20Combined%20Award%20Summaries%20FINAL.pdf



Austin Business Journal, “Nature Conservancy Buys 7,000-Acre Fresno Ranch in Big Bend”, Tuesday, November 18, 2008

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/11/17/daily19.html







OK, so why is this important? The federal government and their partners (HSUS, TNC, the Conservation Fund, etc) are buying up America's lands...For what purpose? 84.5% of the entire state of Nevada is owned by the FWS, FS and BLM...Why?



If the government and their partners own it, they control it. Also, it decreases available tax revenue from the counties (the federal stipend is a joke)...



Here's an interesting map...

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/291-federal-lands-in-the-us/



Later,

Jim.


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