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107th Congress Hearing Archives

Full Committee Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 2829, H.R. 3705

Wednesday, March 20, 2002 | 12:00 AM washington, D.C.
Legislative Hearing on:
H.R. 2829,To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3705, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to use the best sound science available in implementing the Endangered Species Act.

Witnesses

Panel I

Craig Manson, Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
Department of the Interior

Rebecca Lent, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Panel II

Robert E. Gordon, Jr., Director
National Wilderness Institute

Stephen Lilburn, President
Lilburn Corporation

Peter Illyn, Executive Director
Restoring Eden

James J. Anderson, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor - School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
University of Washington

Andrew Dobson, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Princeton University

Panel III

Randy Simmons, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Department Head
Utah State University

Raymond D. Dueser, Ph.D., Professor of Fisheries and Wildlife / Associate Dean of the College of Natural Resources
Utah State University

David Vogel, Senior Scientist
Natural Resources Scientists, Inc.

Michael Bean, Chairman - Wildlife Program
Environmental Defense

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