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Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee Hearing
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
10:00 AM
Energy Committee Hearing Room - D-628
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The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 3599, to establish the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in the State of New Mexico; S. 3794, to provide for the implementation of the Owyhee Initiative Agreement, and for other purposes; S. 3854, to designate certain land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, and for other purposes; H.R. 3603, to promote the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, to add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes; and H.R. 5025, to protect for future generations the recreational opportunities, forests, timber, clean water, wilderness and scenic values, and diverse habitat of Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon, and for other purposes. OVERFLOW ROOM: SR-428A.


Majority Statements
No Statements Posted
Minority Statements
No Statements Posted

Witnesses

Panel 1
The Honorable Mike Crapo, U.S. Senator
The Honorable Mike Simpson, U.S. Congressman
The Honorable Earl Blumenauer - Member, U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Greg Walden - Member, U.S. House of Representatives

Panel 2
Mr. Chad Calvert - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management , Department of the Interior
Hon. Mark Rey - Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment, Department of Agriculture

Panel 3
Dr. Adrian Hunt, Ph. D. - Executive Director, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Mr. Fred Huff - Land Use Coordinator, Las Cruces Four Wheel Drive Club

Panel 4
Mr. Rick Johnson - Executive Director, Idaho Conservation League
The Honorable Cliff Hansen - Commissioner, Custer County, ID
Mr. Fred Grant - Chair, Owyhee Initiative Working Group
Mr. Grant Simonds - Executive Director, Idaho Outfitter and Guides Association

Panel 5
Mr. Brett Madron - President, Idaho Trail Machine Association
Mr. Mike Webster - President, Idaho Cattlemen
Mr. Russ Heughins - Issues Coordinator, Idaho Wildlife Federation
Ms. Amanda Mathews - Citizen, Custer County, ID
Ms. Carole King - Citizen, Custer County, ID

Panel 6
Mr. Brian Maguire - Member, Board of Directors, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
Mr. Jay Ward - Conservation Director, Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund
Ms. Jill Van Winkle - Trail Specialist, International Mountain Biking Association