SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, March 19, 2009
10:00 a.m.
OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:
- "Restoring the Federal Land Management Workforce"
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Hank Kashdan
Associate Chief
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Daniel N. Wenk
Acting Director
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Accompanied by:
Mr. Michael Nedd
Acting Deputy Director
Bureau of Land Management
Department of the Interior
Panel II
Kevin Simpson
Executive Vice President
Partnership for Public Service
Washington, DC
Ron Thatcher
President, Forest Service Council
National Federation of Federal Employees
Libby, MT
Bill Wade
Chair, Executive Council
Coalition of National Park Service Retirees
Tucson, AZ
Elaine Downing
Vice President, Union 2152 (California BLM employees)
National Federation of Federal Employees
Needles, CA
George Leonard
National Association of Forest Service Retirees
Fairfax, VA
Panel III
Jim Austin
Chairman
US Park Police Labor Committee
Washington, DC
John Waterman
President
Fraternal Order of Police, National Park Rangers Lodge
Twain Harte, CA
Accompanied by:
George Durkee
Vice President
Fraternal Order of Police, National Park Rangers Lodge
