SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND FOREST HEALTH
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, October 27, 2005,
2:00 p.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• HR 1090 (Defazio), To designate a Forest Service trail at Waldo Lake in the Willamette National Forest in the State of Oregon as a national recreation trail in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives
• HR 3603 (Simpson), To promote the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, to add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. "Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act"
• HR 3817 (Udall), To withdraw the Valle Vidal Unit of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and for other purposes. "Valle Vidal Protection Act of 2005"
• HR 4084 (Herger), To amend the Forest Service use and occupancy permit program to restore the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize the special use permit fees collected by the Secretary inconnection with the establishment and operation of marinas in units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain, and for other purposes

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

The Honorable Wally Herger
2nd District of California
U.S. House of Representatives
(HR 4084)

Panel II

Joel Holtrop
Deputy Chief for the National Forest System
USDA Forest Service
(HR 1090, HR 3603, HR 3817, & HR 4084)

Ed Shepard
Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning
U.S. Department of the Interior
(HR 3603)

Panel III

Carole King
NREPA Network
Stanley, Idaho
(HR 3603)

Dan Hammerbeck
President
Salmon River Snowmobile Club
(HR 3603)

Cliff Hansen
County Commissioner, District 2
Custer County, Idaho
(HR 3603)

Mike Webster
President-elect
Idaho Cattle Association
(HR 3603)

Rick Johnson
Executive Director
Idaho Conservation League
(HR 3603)

F. Carl Pence
Citizen
Nampa, ID
(HR 3603)

Panel IV

Danny Cruz
Mayor
Springer, New Mexico
(HR 3817)

Alan Lackey
Citizen
Springer, New Mexico
(HR 3817)

Bill Schudlich
New Mexico State Council Chair
Trout Unlimited
(HR 3817)