SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, July 30, 2009
10:00 a.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 2802 (Delahunt), To provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in honor of former President John Adams and his legacy.
- H.R. 2806 (Hastings of WA), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness.
- H.R. 3113 (Rahall), To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Elk River in the State of West Virginia for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. "Upper Elk River Wild and Scenic Study Act"
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Daniel N. Wenk (H.R. 2802 & H.R. 2806)
Acting Director
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Joel Holtrop (H.R. 3113)
Deputy Chief
National Forest System
Forest Service
Panel II
Benjamin C. Adams (H.R. 2802)
President
Adams Memorial Foundation
New York, NY
Linda Evans Parlette (H.R. 2806)
Washington State Senator, 12th District
Wenatchee, WA
Doug England (H.R. 2806)
Chelan County Commissioner
Wenatchee, WA
Martin V. Saffer (H.R. 3113)
President
Pocahontas County Commission
Marlinton, WV
Thomas A. Shipley (H.R. 3113)
The Sharp Farm
Slatyfork, WV
Gil Willis (H.R. 3113)
Slatyfork, WV
