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105th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands Markup on: H.R. 2186, Hearing on: H.R. 2438, H.R. 1995

Thursday, October 30, 1997 | 12:00 AM washington, D.C.
  1. Markup on:
    H.R. 2186, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming.
  2. Hearing on:
    H.R. 2438, a bill to encourage the establishment of appropriate trails on abandoned railroad rights-of-way, while ensuring the protection of certain reversionary property rights.
    H.R. 1995, a bill to provide for the protection of farmland at the Point Reyes National Seashore, and for other purposes.

Witnesses
Panel I
Honorable Jim Ryun, KS (HR 2438)
Honorable Lynn Woolsey, CA (HR 1995)

Panel II
Kate Stevenson (Testimony on HR 2438, testimony on H.R. 1995)
Associate Director
Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships
National Park Service

Evelyn Kitay (H.R. 2438)
Senior Trial Attorney
Office of the General Counsel
Surface Transportation Board

Panel III (H.R. 2438)
Nels J. Ackerson, Esq.
The Ackerson Group

Richard Welsh
Executive Director
National Association of
Reversionary Property Owners

Jayne Glosemeyer
Landowner

Howard Woodbury
Landowner

Panel IV (H.R. 2438)
Edward Norton
Board Member
Rails to Trails Conservancy
National Trust for Historic Preservation

Honorable Janice Hodgson
Mayor
City of Garnett, KS

Bill Newman
Vice President and Washington Counsel
Conrail

Richard V. Allen
Landowner

Panel V (H.R. 1995)
Steve Kinsey
Supervisor
County of Marin, CA

Robert Berner
Executive Director
Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT)

Sharon Doughty
Dairy Rancher

Panel VI (H.R. 1995)
Martin and Sally Pozzi
Ranchers

Mary Coletti
Rancher

Donna Furlong
Rancher

Judy Borello
Rancher