News Releases for March 2002
March 18, 2002
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Hoeven, USDA Deputy Secretary Jim Moseley to Host Meetings in Lisbon and Watford City
BISMARCK, N.D. - Governor John Hoeven today announced that Deputy Secretary Jim Moseley of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has accepted his invitation to come to North Dakota to meet with the public concerning management of the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. On Friday, March 22, Moseley will join the Governor for public meetings in Lisbon and Watford City.
Hoeven invited Moseley to the state during a meeting last month in Washington, D.C. with high-level Administration officials. The Governor wanted the deputy secretary to meet directly with ranchers and other stakeholders about the proposed management plan for the national grasslands, which encompass over one million acres in North Dakota. The plan establishes guidelines for the use of the federally owned public lands. Hoeven has pressed the Forest Service to fix the plan to the satisfaction of North Dakota interests.
“There is a high level of uncertainty about how the Forest Service’s proposed management plan might affect the state. I am pleased that the Deputy Secretary agreed to listen firsthand to North Dakotans,” Hoeven said.
Moseley was sworn in as the deputy secretary in July of 2001. He oversees the day-to-day activities of the USDA, including farm programs, private lands conservation, research and education, agricultural marketing, international trade meat and poultry inspection, rural development and forestry. Moseley previously served at USDA as the assistant secretary of agriculture for natural resources and environment, where he provided leadership to the Forest Service on public lands grazing issues and policy development for the conservation title of the 1990 Farm Bill.
The meetings will be held at:
Lisbon
Eagles Club
March 22, 2002
11:30 a.m.
Watford City
Watford City High School Media Center
March 22, 2002
3:30 p.m. (CST)
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