The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a full committee oversight hearing on the "Evolving West."

Subject:
House Natural Resources Committee
Full Committee Oversight Hearing on the "Evolving West"

When:
Wednesday, February 28, 2007, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:

Panel 1
Governor Brian Schweitzer, State of Montana
Former Congressman Pat Williams, Senior Fellow, O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West

Panel 2
Mr. Russell C. Vaagen, Vice President, Vaagen Brothers Lumber Company
Mr. Clifford Lyle Marshall, Chairman, Hoopa Valley Tribe
Mr. Luther Propst, Executive Director, The Sonoran Institute
Mr. Matthew Box, Vice Chairman, Southern Ute Tribe
Dr. Robert G. Lee, Ph.D., Professor of Forest Resources, University of Washington

Opening Statement
Chairman Nick J. Rahall