WASHINGTON – Thanks to the U.S. House of Representatives today passing the FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, the end is in sight for the eight-year-old dust bowl of funding for a host of programs that will nourish our public lands and natural resources. The House accomplished a wide range of objectives that include creating green jobs, investing in green energy, restoring degraded ecoystems, protecting endangered species preserving natural resources, and slowing the increase of global warming.