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111th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Legislative Hearing on H.R. 644

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 | 10:00 AM 1324 Longworth House Office Building

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

  • H.R. 644 (Grijalva), To withdraw the Tusayan Ranger District and Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws.  "Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2009"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Matthew Putesoy
Vice Chairman
Havasupai Tribe
Supai, AZ

Elizabeth C. Archuleta
Supervisor, District 2
Coconino County Board of Supervisors
Flagstaff, AZ

Kay Brothers
Deputy General Manager, Engineering & Operations
Southern Nevada Water Authority
Las Vegas, NV

Dr. Madan M. Singh, Ph.D., P.E.
Director
Department on Mines & Mineral Resources, State of Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

Panel II

Mark Trautwein
Former Staffer to Congressman Morris Udall
San Anselmo, CA

Professor David K. Kreamer
Hydrologist and University Professor
Las Vegas, NV

Bill Hedden
Executive Director
Grand Canyon Trust
Flagstaff, AZ

Clarinda T. Vail
Properties Manager
Red Feather Lodge, Inc.
Tusayan, AZ

Dr. Karen Wenrich
Research Geologist
US Geological Survey, Retired
Golden, CO