SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND FOREST HEALTH
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
4:00 p.m.

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

• "Addressing Forest Insects and Disease: A Growing National Problem, 'GAO Report on Invasive Forest Pests.'"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Mr. Daniel Bertoni
Assistant Director
Education, Workforce, and Income Security
GAO

Panel II

Mr. Paul Eggert
Associate Deputy Administrator
Plant Protection Quarantine
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Mr. Jim Hubbard
Deputy Chief
State and Private Forestry
USDA Forest Service

Panel III

Mrs. Ingrid Aguayo
Forest Entomologist
Colorado State Forest Service
Colorado State University

Mr. Frank Lowenstein
Director
Forest Health Programs
Global Forest Partnership
The Nature Conservancy

Mr. Bob Slocum
Executive Vice President
NC Forestry Association