I don't know of any master list, but Jill Richardson at La Vida Locavore follows USDA policy closely and is keeping track of a lot of good and bad decisions by Vilsack.

You could go here:

http://www.lavidalocavore.org

and search for "Vilsack" to read more about what he's been up to.




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From: KENNETH LARSON <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 5:16:08 AM
Subject: Vilsack

  
Is there a list of the things Vilsack has done right (or perhaps 
"correctly" is a better word), in his new job?  Is there a list of things 
he has done wrong.. ?  Was the Iowa Sierra Club one of the first to 
congratulate him and to thank him for this latest action...? If that note of 
appreciation has not yet been sent, I am sure it would be appreciated.  
 
I appreciate hearing about this Positive effort that is in line with 
SC recommendations.. It would be interesting to know 
if Vilsack made this ruling in response to SC or other environmental 
group efforts or was he just paying attention to the Laws and 
Regulations by putting Bush/Cheney efforts to on Hold.. 
 
Ken Larson
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Wally Taylor 
To: [log in to unmask] 
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:36 
PM
Subject: Vilsack does something  right
Vilsack issues directive protecting national forest roadless  areas
 By David O. Williams 5/28/09 5:34 PM 
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Thursday issued a memorandum essentially blocking most development and road building on more than 53  million acres of national forest (4.4 million in Colorado) designated as  roadless areas.
Conservationists were quick to praise Vilsack and the Obama  administration’s one-year “time out” to establish a long-term policy for  managing roadless areas. Most favor a return to the 2001 Clinton  administration Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
That highly protective bit of rulemaking was quickly set aside by the Bush  administration in favor of allowing states to petition the Forest Service for  their own customized roadless rules. Only Idaho and Colorado did so, with Gov.  Bill Ritter moving forward in order to protect against the federal rule being  scrapped altogether.
Ritter, though, asked for and received a slowdown on the implementation of the Colorado roadless  rule until the federal rule, which was the subject of  conflicting federal court rulings, could be sorted out.
At stake are more than 100 oil and gas leases on federal lands issued after  the Bush administration scrapped the Clinton rule. State conservationists also  say the Colorado rule allows more road-building exceptions for logging  operations and ski-area expansions than the Clinton  rule. 


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