SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND FOREST HEALTH
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, May 11,2005
3:30 p.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 517 (Walden), To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes. "Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2005"
- H.R. 1905 (Doolittle), To amend the Small Tracts Act to facilitate the exchange of small tracts of land, and for other purposes. "Small Tracts Reform Act"
- H.R. 539 (Fortuno), To designate certain National Forest System land in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005
- H.R. 38 (Baird), To designate a portion of the White Salmon River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. "Upper White Salmon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act"
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Joel Holtrop
Deputy Chief
National Forest System
U.S. Forest Service
The Honorable Bill Hansell
President Elect
National Association of Counties (NACo)
Commissioner, Umatilla County, Oregon
The Honorable Mark Evans
Judge
Trinity County, Texas
Janet Mathis
Eastern Arizona Counties Organization
Show Low, Arizona
Panel II
Joel Holtrop
Deputy Chief
National Forest System
U.S. Forest Service
Kenneth R. Werner
Retired Land Specialist
U.S. Forest Service
Irving Christensen
Diamond Springs, California
Panel III
Joel Holtrop
Deputy Chief
National Forest System
U.S. Forest Service
The Honorable José L. Rivera Guerra
Chairman
Committee on Natural & Environmental Resources
Puerto Rico House of Representatives
The Honorable José Garriga Picó
Chairman, Federal Affairs Administration
Senate of Puerto Rico
Panel IV
The Honorable Brian Baird, (WA-3)
Joel Holtrop
Deputy Chief
National Forest System
U.S. Forest Service
