American Forests strongly supports the nomination of Jim Hubbard to Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment.

Jim Hubbard is an outstanding leader whose experience and perspective contribute to his invaluable guidance and sound judgement on managing our natural resources and environment. Jim is a former board member at American Forests, the oldest conservation organization in the country and a longtime nonprofit partner of the Forest Service, so we speak from a place of experience in our appreciation for Jim’s integrity and deep knowledge of the challenges facing the country’s forest assets and solutions that can help benefit the environment and the economy.

Read the letter from American Forests and 155 other organizations to Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow in support of Jim Hubbard’s nomination.

Editor’s Note: Jim Hubbard was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 28, 2018. Read our statement on his confirmation.