SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND FOREST HEALTH
Community Colleges of Spokane
Colville Campus
985 S. Elm Street, Colville, WA
Monday, August 29, 2005
9:30 a.m.

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

• "Issues Affecting Forest Health and Management in Eastern Washington – National Forests, Tribal Lands, and Local Communities"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

John Vitello
Bureau of Indian Affairs
US Department of the Interior

D.R. Michel
Chairman
Natural Resource Committee
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

Panel II

Jim Golden
Deputy Regional Forester
Accompanied by Rick Brazell, Forest Supervisor, Colville National Forest
And Kevin Martin, Forest Supervisor, Umatilla National Forest
USDA Forest Service

Panel III

The Honorable Bob Morton
Washington State Senator
7 th District

Duane Vaagen
Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc.
Colville, Washington

Mitch Friedman
Executive Director
Conservation Northwest

Maurice Williamson
Williamson Consulting
Colville, Washington