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106th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Oversight Field Hearing held in Spokane, WA on: Proposed Federal Mining Policy Changes and their effect on the Mining Industry and on State and Local Revenues.

Saturday, September 11, 1999 | 12:00 AM washington, D.C.
Oversight Field Hearing held in Spokane, WA on: 
Proposed Federal Mining Policy Changes and their effect on the Mining Industry and on State and Local Revenues.

Panel I

 

  • George F. Leaming, Ph.D, Consulting Economist, Western Economic Analysis Center

     

  • John L. Dobra, Ph.D., Director, Natural Resource Industry Institute

     

  • David Kliegman, Executive Director, Okanogan Highlands Alliance

     

  • Laura Jones, Director of Environmental Studies, The Fraser Institute

     

Panel II

 

  • Charles Wassinger, Oregon Associate State Director 
    Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior

     

  • Kimberly Bown, Director of Recreation, Lands and Minerals for the Pacific Northwest 
    Region of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

     

Panel III

 

  • Laura Skaer, Executive Director, Northwest Mining Association

     

  • Cesar Hernandez, Field Representative, Montana Wilderness Association

     

  • Jerry Fish, Partner, Stoel Rives

     

  • Don Fife, Director, Holcomb Valley Mining District

     

Panel IV

 

  • Terry Drever Gee, Director of Governmental Affairs, Eastern Oregon Mining Association

     

  • Stephanie Schammel, Rancher, Hilger, MT

     

  • Lois Van Hoover, Idaho Independent Miners

     

  • Michelle Nanni, Campaign Director, The Lands Council

     

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