SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND FOREST HEALTH
1310 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
9:15 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 5025 (Walden),To protect for future generations the recreational opportunities, forests, timber, clean water, wilderness and scenic values, and diverse habitat of Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon, and for other purposes. “Mt. Hood Stewardship Legacy Act”
• H.R. 5016 (Kolbe), To provide for the exchange of certain Bureau of Land Management land in Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes. “Pima County Land Adjustment Act”
• H.R. 3534 (Capps), To designate the Piedras Blancas Light Station and the surrounding public land as an Outstanding Natural Area to be administered as a part of the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes. “Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2005”

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Honorable Jim Kolbe, (AZ-8)

Honorable Lois Capps, (CA-23)

Panel I

Joel Holtrop
Deputy Chief
National Forest System
USDA Forest Service (HR 5025)

Frank Backus
Chief Forester
SDS Lumber Company (HR 5025)

Matt Garrett
Director
Oregon Department of Transportation (HR 5025)

Ken Rait
Campaigns Director
Campaign for America’s Wilderness (HR 5025)

Ron Suppah
Chairman
Confederated Tribe of Warm Springs (HR 5025)

Christopher Winter
Attorney
Hood River Valley Residents Committee (HR 5025)

Carol York
County Commissioner
Hood River County, OR (HR 5025)

Panel II

Tom Lonnie
Assistant Director
Minerals, Realty, and Resource Protection
Bureau of Land Management (HR 3534 and HR 5016)