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Shown after dinner in Leesburg are
REP members Jeff Wolinski, Todd Benson,
Martha Marks, Paul Kavitz,
and Yakir Lubowski.

"The current administration
is about to put itself in a position
where it will have to beg
governors if, in the future,
it wishes to implement one
of the most cost-efficient and
environmentally sensitive ways
to manage portions of national
forests—designation of
roadless areas.

Under the new plan, roadless areas
will be eliminated, and such
areas can only be reconsidered
for designation upon the request
of the governor of the state where
the national forest is located.

In Virginia, 394,000 acres of
roadless areas will be eliminated.
A few may benefit, but at our
collective expense,
leaving our land degraded."

—from an op-ed that Virginia REP
member Todd Benson published in the
Roanoke Times
Click here to read the entire essay.

 

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2007

State Coordinator Jeff Wolinski tabled for REP at the Loudoun County GOP convention and also represented REP at a number of environmental events in Washington, DC.

Jeff arranged a dinner meeting in Leesville for a few emerging REP leaders with national President Martha Marks.

2006

Virginia REP member Paul Kavitz published an op-ed, Conservative Conservationist, in the Vienna Connections.

2005

REP Holds First Virginia Meeting

The first-ever meeting of Republicans for Environmental Protection in Virginia was held at a restaurant in Leesburg on May 7, 2005. Martha Marks, REP's national president, flew in especially to attend the event.

One member of our Board of Directors, Robin Tyner, and one member of our staff, Government Affairs Director David Jenkins, live in Northern Virginia. Both attended the first state meeting.


At Virginia REP's first meeting: Martha Marks, Annebel Lewis, Mary Buff,
Paul Parry, Director Robin Tyner, Government Affairs Director David Jenkins,
Yenie Tran, Michael Lusk, Alma Jackson,
Brooks Cressman, Rymn Parsons and
Jeff Wolinski

Government Affairs Director David Jenkins focused on VIrginia sprawl issues in a letter to the editor, Republican Values in Loudoun, published in the Washington Post.

2004

Virginia REP member Todd Benson published an op-ed, States don't own national forests, in the August 22 issue of the Roanoke Times.

2002

Virginia REP member Bruce Smart published an op-ed, A Placebo for Climate Change? in the Denver Post.

2001

REP President Martha Marks gave the plenary speech, Conservatives should conserve, shouldn't they?, at the National Association of Environmental Professionals in Arlington.

2000

REP President Martha Marks published an op-ed, A golden opportunity for the GOP: Protect America's estuaries and build environmental credibility, in the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.

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