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41-553: By 1914, almost all of the virgin forest in the Otter Creek watershed had been timbered, mostly by the Otter Creek Boom and Lumber Company, but also by the owners of several small farms and homesteads. In 1917 key land purchases were made by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the formation of the national forest system. The Otter Creek area was managed as a multiple use forest, including some second growth logging, until

82-584: A 68-acre (280,000 m) red spruce - hemlock stand of old growth forest , is partly within the Otter Creek Wilderness. Otter Creek Wilderness, located in West Virginia, offers a plethora of activities for outdoor enthusiasts. Here are some activities you can enjoy there: Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( Pub. L.   111–11 (text) (PDF) , H.R. 146 )

123-479: A Preserve America program, a Save America's Treasures Program, and a Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, all to be carried out by the National Park Service . New National Park System components would include: Title VIII designates ten new National Heritage Areas at the cost of $ 103.5 million: Title IX authorizes three new studies to examine new reclamation projects under the jurisdiction of

164-755: A bill to withdraw troops by April 1, 2008. Later that month, he announced his opposition to the 2007 Iraq troop surge . In January 2009, along with all other members of the Oklahoma congressional delegation, Boren said he opposed President Obama's decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp . Dan Boren was a sponsor of several pieces of legislation including HR 1676 (110th): Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007, HR 4544 (110th): Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008. HR 4154 (112th): SAVE Native Women Act, HR 2550 (112th): Spouses of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act, HR 2444 (112th): Department of

205-458: A cost of $ 64 million per year through the year 2018. It furthermore authorizes groundwater surveys in New Mexico, also by the U.S. Geological Survey . Title XII creates five new oceanic observation, research, and exploration programs at a cost of $ 2.6 billion, including programs for undersea research, undersea and coastal mapping, acidification research, and ocean conservation. One provision,

246-551: A new bill which incorporated 159 bills that had been considered by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during the 110th Congress and, in some cases, earlier Congresses. Despite vehement opposition from Coburn and some other Republicans, the Senate passed a cloture motion on January 11 by a vote of 66–12 and then passed the bill on January 15 by a vote of 73–21, with four members not voting. The bill

287-767: Is a land management law passed in the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009. The bill designates millions of acres in the US as protected and establishes a National Landscape Conservation System . It includes funding for programs, studies and other activities by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture , and in some cases bars further geothermal leasing, oil and gas leasing, and new mining patents on certain stretches of protected land. On June 26, 2008, Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico introduced

328-596: Is the Secretary of Commerce for the Chickasaw Nation , based in Oklahoma. He is a retired American politician, who served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district from 2005 to 2013. The district included most of the eastern part of the state outside of Tulsa . He is a member of the Democratic Party . He also served as a State Representative in the 28th district of

369-632: The Bureau of Reclamation . It also creates 15 new water and endangered fish projects in four states. Furthermore, Title IX puts some federal water reclamation facilities under local control and funds conservation efforts. Title X codifies the settlements of three water disputes in California, Nevada, and New Mexico, in an effort to resolve decades of litigation. Title XI reauthorizes the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 at

410-693: The Chickasaw Nation as the President of Corporate Development. He later became the President and Chief Banking Officer for First United Bank in the state of Oklahoma. On May 9, 2022, Boren was appointed as Secretary of Commerce for the Chickasaw Nation by Governor Bill Anoatuby as the replacement for Bill Lance former Secretary of Commerce who was appointed to be Chickasaw Secretary of State In 2004 United States House of Representatives elections , Boren ran for Oklahoma's second congressional district to succeed fellow Democrat Brad Carson , who

451-831: The Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act , would "establish a national integrated System of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observing systems, comprised of Federal and non-Federal components coordinated at the national level by the National Ocean Research Leadership Council" in order to "support national defense, marine commerce, navigation safety, weather, climate, and marine forecasting, energy siting and production, economic development, ecosystem-based marine, coastal, and Great Lakes resource management, public safety, and public outreach training and education." Title XIII deals with miscellaneous bills, including one that funds

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492-552: The National Institutes of Health . Title XV grants the Smithsonian Institution $ 69 million for laboratory and greenhouse construction at three Smithsonian facilities. The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 amended the following acts of Congress , in order of first appearance: Dan Boren David Daniel Boren (born August 2, 1973) is an American businessman and politician who

533-882: The National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii and another that increases the number of Assistant Energy Secretaries in the United States Department of Energy to eight. Title XIII also amends the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 and the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act. Title XIV, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, provides $ 105 million over five years for coordinated paralysis research by

574-1218: The National Wilderness Preservation System . Among these lands are: Title II establishes a National Landscape Conservation System , to include Bureau of Land Management -administered National Monuments , National Conservation Areas , Wilderness Study Areas , components of the National Trails System , components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System , and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System . Title II also designates four new National Conservation Areas ( Fort Stanton – Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area , Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area , Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in Washington County, Utah , and Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area ) and one new National Monument (the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in

615-646: The Oklahoma House of Representatives . Boren announced on June 7, 2011, that he would not seek re-election to the House in 2012. On June 19, 2012, he announced via a news release that he has been hired as President of Corporate Development for the Chickasaw Nation , working to promote economic diversification upon completion of his term in Congress. In January 2020, Boren began his role as president and Chief Banking Officer of First United Bank, but returned to

656-517: The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 ( S. 3213 ). Although the bill had some support from both Democrats and Republicans , including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada , the Senate never voted on the measure due to threats by Senator Tom Coburn (R- Oklahoma ) to filibuster the bill. On January 7, 2009, Bingaman introduced the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( S. 22 ),

697-661: The Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail and the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail . Title VI creates a number of new United States Department of the Interior programs. One of these programs, the Wolf Livestock Loss Demonstration Project, gives states and Indian tribes federal grants to help livestock producers to reduce livestock loss due to predation by wolves in non-lethal ways, as well as for

738-863: The Robledo Mountains of New Mexico ). It also transfers lands in Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Washington to federal control. Title III authorizes the United States Secretary of Agriculture to, through the Chief of the United States Forest Service , conduct studies in the interest of preserving open space in southern Colorado and deliver "an annual report on the wildland firefighter safety practices...including training programs and activities for wildland fire suppression, prescribed burning, and wildland fire use, during

779-910: The United States Treasury . However, each proposal's expenditures are limited to $ 4 million per year. Title V designates thousands of miles of new additions to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System . It also adds six trails to the National Trails System : the Arizona National Scenic Trail , the New England National Scenic Trail , the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail , the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail ,

820-598: The Chickasaw Nation as Secretary of Commerce in May 2022. In June 2022, he was appointed to First United Bank's board of directors. Boren was born in Shawnee , Oklahoma, the son of Janna Lou (née Little) and state representative David Lyle Boren . His father would go on to serve as Governor of Oklahoma , as a U.S. Senator , and as president of the University of Oklahoma . His paternal grandfather, Lyle Boren , served in

861-469: The Democrats in the district tend to be more socially and fiscally conservative than their national counterparts. Boren considered a run for Governor of Oklahoma in 2018 before deciding to stay in his position with the Chickasaw Nation. After leaving Congress in 2013, Boren began work as President of Corporate Development for the Chickasaw Nation. He held this position until December 2019, when he

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902-602: The Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2011 and HR 1330 (111th Congress): Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act of 2009. On June 7, 2011, The Oklahoman announced that "Rep. Dan Boren, the only Democrat in Oklahoma's seven-person congressional delegation, will not seek re-election in 2012, setting up what could be an intense partisan battle for a seat that spans much of eastern Oklahoma." On June 12, 2012, Boren announced that following his final term in office, he would join

943-593: The Senate, the bill was amended to include a majority of the text in S. 22. The Senate voted 73–21 for cloture and 77-20 to pass the bill. The House agreed to the Senate amendments, 285-140, on March 25. President Barack Obama signed the bill into law on March 30, 2009, declaring one provision unconstitutional in his signing statement . Title I of the bill designates two million acres (8,000 km²) of wilderness in nine states ( California , Colorado , Idaho , Michigan , New Mexico , Oregon , Utah , Virginia , and West Virginia ) for protection through addition to

984-770: The Transportation Committee, Wildlife Committee, Appropriations and Budget Committee and the Energy Committee. He was a member of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Boren, as of the 111th Congress , was a member of the following committees: Boren served as co-chair and Whip for the Blue Dog Coalition and co-chair of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus. On May 15, 2008, Boren

1025-541: The U.S. House of Representatives, representing southeastern Oklahoma ( Oklahoma's 4th congressional district ) from 1937 to 1947. His maternal grandfather, Reuel Little helped found the American Party to support the 1968 presidential campaign of George Wallace . His first cousin, Janna Little Ryan, is married to former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R-WI), who

1066-469: The bill, while three Democrats voted against it: Dan Boren of Oklahoma, Jim Marshall of Georgia , and Collin Peterson of Minnesota . House Democrats could then have brought the bill back to the floor under regular procedure, which would have allowed Republicans to submit amendments to the bill. The bill, as voted on by the House, had been amended by Jason Altmire (D- Pennsylvania ), to prohibit

1107-439: The carrying out of ecological restoration treatments. The Chief, acting on behalf of the Secretary of Agriculture, then may select up to ten of these proposals, aided by a fifteen-member advisory board, to be funded in any given fiscal year. For each proposal selected, 50% of the expenditures of the execution and monitoring of ecological restoration treatments would be paid for by a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund in

1148-646: The closing of the lands described in the bill to hunting and fishing , presumably to persuade sportsmen and hunters to vote for the bill. On March 3, 2009, the House of Representatives passed a bill under suspension of the rules, the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act ( H.R. 146 ), 394-13. On March 12, one day after the House failed to pass the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, Reid announced that he would file cloture on H.R. 146. While in

1189-692: The passage of the Eastern Wilderness Act in 1975. The last private in-holding was acquired the same year. The Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 added 698 acres (282 ha) to the original 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) of the Otter Creek Wilderness. This addition is situated on the northern and eastern flanks of McGowan Mountain leading down to Dry Fork . It provides much of the scenic view for this popular river which contains excellent whitewater paddling and trout fishing. The Shavers Mountain Spruce-Hemlock Stand ,

1230-463: The political demographics of his district. The 2nd was once a Democratic stronghold, but has become increasingly friendly to Republicans as Tulsa's suburbs have begun to encroach on the district and the rural areas have trended right. The district has voted for the Republican candidate in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Presidential elections, by double-digit margins in the latter two years. Additionally,

1271-703: The preceding calendar year." Title III also prohibits further oil and gas leasing, geothermal leasing, and mining patents in a stretch of the Bridger-Teton National Forest ; this provision was based on a bill being crafted by Senator Craig L. Thomas of Wyoming before his death. Title IV authorizes the Chief of the Forest Service to solicit (from regional foresters ) nominations of forest landscapes of at least 50,000 acres (200 km ), primarily consisting of national forest lands, which are in need of "active ecosystem restoration," for

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1312-529: The purpose of compensating livestock producers for their loss of livestock due to predation by wolves. Another part of Title VI, the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act, was originally a Senate bill introduced in 2007 by Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii). This provision establishes stronger penalties than previously required for nonpermitted removal of scientifically significant fossils from federal lands. The provision

1353-573: The staff of Congressman Wes Watkins , worked as an education administrator and bank teller, and was a member of the staff of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for Denise Bode. Boren served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004, representing the 28th House District. He served as Vice Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary. He also served on

1394-400: The unified Republican caucus for its repeal. Boren, along with Walter Jones, R-N.C., led the U.S. House military depot caucus in 2011. The group of House members focuses on policy issues affecting military facilities including aviation depots, shipyards, arsenals, ammunition plants and energetic material production facilities. On July 10, 2007, Boren was one of ten Democrats to vote against

1435-687: Was elected to the board of directors of the National Rifle Association of America . Boren said that he was a lifetime member of the NRA. In November 2009, Boren voted along with 39 other Democrats against the Affordable Health Care for America Act . Boren also voted against the final bill, in March. He said "only 17 percent of my constituents supported the bill." In January 2011, Boren was one of 3 Democrats to vote with

1476-660: Was endorsed and strongly supported by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology , an international association of professional and amateur vertebrate paleontologists. In contrast, the Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences, an association of commercial fossil dealers , opposed the measure. Title VII makes three additions to the National Park System and expands current National Park designations. It also authorizes an American Battlefield Protection Program,

1517-485: Was named Chief Banking Officer and Oklahoma President of First United Bank , one of the largest banking institutions in the Southwest. He returned to the Chickasaw Nation as Secretary of Commerce in May 2022, succeeding Bill Lance. In June 2022, Boren was appointed to First United Bank's board of directors. Boren is married to Andrea Heupel, who is the sister of Josh Heupel , the former starting quarterback who led

1558-523: Was nominated for vice president at the 2012 Republican National Convention to be the running mate of Mitt Romney . Boren was a page in the US Senate in 1989. In 1997, he received a B.S. from Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth . He obtained an MBA from the University of Oklahoma in 2001. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. At the start of his career, Boren served on

1599-507: Was reelected in 2006, 2008 and 2010. In 2010, Boren was challenged in the Democratic primary by State Senator Jim Wilson , who ran as a more liberal candidate, but Boren won with over 75% of the vote. In the general election, he defeated Republican Charles Thompson by a margin of 13%, despite the Republican wave that swept the nation that year. Boren was known as one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress, but his conservatism fit

1640-548: Was retiring from the House to run for the United States Senate . He won the primary with 58% of the vote, and then defeated Republican candidate Wayland Smalley in the general election by more than 85,000 votes (66% to 34%) and was inaugurated in the 109th Congress in January 2005. Boren was one of only two politicians endorsed by country singer Toby Keith , the other being President George W. Bush . Boren

1681-509: Was then sent to the House of Representatives , where it was expected to pass by a wide margin. The bill was held at the desk instead of being sent to a committee. On March 11, 2009, the House considered the bill under suspension of the rules, meaning that a two-thirds vote would be required for passage. Those voting in favor of the bill (predominantly Democrats) fell two votes short of a two-thirds majority, 282-144. 34 Republicans voted in favor of

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