For Immediate Release

April 1, 1999

GORTON, DICKS ANNOUNCE PANELISTS
FOR SALMON RECOVERY HEARING

SEATTLE, WA. – Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA) and Representative Norm Dicks (D-6th) will co-host a Puget Sound Salmon Recovery hearing next Wednesday April 7th at 10:30a.m. at the SeaTac Airport Auditorium (Mezzanine level, room 6011).

          The congressional field hearing will feature testimony from the following local, state, federal and tribal officials on how best to save Puget Sound salmon runs and what it is likely to cost the Pacific Northwest:

Panel I

Washington Governor Gary Locke
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber

Panel II

Robert Anderson, President of Mid-Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group
Al Adams, President of Hood Canal Fisheries Enhancement Group
Roger Braden, Chelan Public Utility District
Hank Sitko, Executive Director of Northwest Marine Trade Association
William Ruckleshaus, Madrona Investment Group

Panel III

Bill Wilkerson, Washington Forest Protection
Linda Johnson, Washington State Farm Bureau; Washington Cattlemens Association
Sam Anderson, Homebuilders Association
NW Indian Fisheries Commission
Tim Stearns, Save Our Wild Salmon
Conrad Mahnken, Director of Manchester Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service

Panel IV

Bob Drewell, Snohomish County Executive
Ed Hansen, Mayor of Everett
Jim Buck, Washington State Representative
Debbie Regala, Washington State Representative
Ed Thiele, Okanogan County Commissioner
Louise Miller, King County Council

Panel V

Will Stelle, National Marine Fisheries Service
Curt Smitch, Special Assistant to Governor Gary Locke on Natural Resources
Billy Frank, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Bonneville Power Administration
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

 

          Members of the Washington congressional delegation including Senator Patty Murray and Representatives Jack Metcalf, Adam Smith, and Jim McDermott are expected to attend. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK) will also be in attendance.

          Gorton and Dicks are seeking maximum local input. Please submit written testimony to Gorton’s office at 10900 NE 4th St. Suite 2110 Bellevue, WA 98004-5841 (fax 425.451.0234) or Dicks’ office at Union Station, Federal Courthouse 1717 Pacific Avenue Suite 2244 Tacoma WA 98402-3234 (fax 253.593.6551).

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