SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND FOREST HEALTH
Hill City High School Theater
421 Main Street, Hill City, SD
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
9:00 a.m.

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

• "Forest Health Conditions and Forest Management Practices on the Black Hills National Forest"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Rick Cables
Regional Forester, Region 2
*Accompanied by Craig Bobzien, Forest Supervisor, Black Hills National Forest USDA Forest Service

Panel II

June Thormodsgard
Chief Scientist for Land Sciences
US Geological Survey, DOI

The Honorable Larry Gabriel
Secretary of Agriculture
State of South Dakota

Panel III

Jim D. Neiman
Vice President
Neiman Sawmills

Jim Margadant
South Dakota Chapter Chairman
Sierra Club

Tim Creal
Superintendent
Custer School District

Tom Troxel
Director
Black Hills Forest Resource Assn.

John Ball
Department of Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape, and Parks
South Dakota State University