SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES AND OCEANS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday June 23, 2005
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 518 (Kind), To require the Secretary of the Interior to refine the Department of the Interior program for providing assistance for the conservation of neotropical migratory birds. "Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Improvement Act"
• H.R. 2693 (Miller), To amend the Great Ape Conservation Act to reauthorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide project grants and emergency assistance to address critical great ape conservation needs, and for other purposes. "Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization Act"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Mr. Marshall Jones
Assistant Director
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Panel II

Mr. George Wallace
Vice President
International Programs
American Bird Conservancy

Dr. Dave Mehlman
Director
Wings of the Americas Program
The Nature Conservancy

Mr. Michael Daulton
Director
Conservation Policy
National Audubon Society

Panel III

Mr. John Walczak
Director
Louisville Zoo

Dr. Amy Vedder
Director and Vice President
Living Landscapes
Wildlife Conservation Society

Ms. Clare Richardson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International