Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, and Undersecretary of Commerce for Ocenas and Atmosphere Conrad Lautenbacher in White House-hosted meeting with private-sector leaders to discuss concepts for proposed cooeprative conservation legislation. Under discussion were proposals focusing on improving forest health, enchancing marine and coastal habitat, promoting landscape-scale conservation, and cleaning up abandoned hardrock mining sites.

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