Editor's Note:

Jay Jensen is the Obama Administration's new Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture. His primary responsibility is oversight the activities of the U.S. Forest Service. On June 3, he testified before the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommmittee on Departmente Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

Mr. Jensen's visionary testimony, which appears nearby, stands in stark contrast to the hopelessness  reflected in lthe House Energy and Commerce Committee's decision not to include federal biomass in the nation's new renewable energy standard. Opposition to including federal biomass in the standard is coming from the Natural Resources Defense Council and International Paper. See Editor's Columns for more information on this sad affair.

Until hired by the Obama Administration, Mr. Jensen served as executive director of the Council of Western State Foresters/Western Forestry Leadership Coalition.

Jensen Testimony