SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
10:00 a.m.
OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:
- "Planning for a Changing Climate and its Impacts on Wildlife and Oceans: State and Federal Efforts and Needs"
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 4455 (Young), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide international wildlife management and conservation programs through the Wildlife Without Borders Program in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and for other purposes. "Wildlife Without Borders Authorization Act"
WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Margaret Davidson
Director
Coastal Services Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce
Tony Brunello
Deputy Secretary
Climate Change and Energy
California Resources Agency
Sarah Chasis
Director
Oceans Initiative
National Resources Defense Council
Panel II
Dan Ashe
Science Advisor to the Director
Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Department of the Interior
David K. Whitehurst
Director
Wildlife Diversity Division
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Jamie Rappaport Clark
Executive Vice President
Defenders of Wildlife
William Moritz, Ph.D.
Director of Conservation
Safari Club International Foundation
Acting Director of Governmental Affairs
Safari Club International
Panel III
Kaush Arha, Ph.D.
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Fish and Wildlife and Parks
U.S. Department of the Interior
John Robinson, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President
Global Conservation Programs
Wildlife Conservation Society
Tom Dillon
Senior Vice President
Field Programs
World Wildlife Fund
Patrick M. Burchfield, Ed.D, MSc
Director
Gladys Porter Zoo
Juan Pablo Arce
Director
Latin America and the Caribbean
NatureServe