SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, October 18, 2007
2:00 p.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 1975 (Maloney): To designate certain National Forest System lands and public lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes.(Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act)

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

The Honorable Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-14)

The Honorable Christopher Shays (CT-04)

The Honorable Dennis R. Rehberg (MT-At Large)

Panel II

Joel Holtrop
Deputy Chief
National Forest System
USDA Forest Service

Henri Bisson
Deputy Director
Bureau of Land Management

Panel III

Carole King
Stanley, ID

Gary Macfarlane
Ecosystem Defense Director
Friends of the Clearwater

Mike Garrity
Executive Director
Alliance for the Wild Rockies

William Newmark
Salt Lake City, UT

Panel IV

Bruce Vincent
Libby, MT

Noel E. Williams
Montana Coalition of Forest Counties

Larry E. Smith
Executive Director
Americans for Responsible Recreational Access