SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, April 23, 2009
10:00 a.m.

• Archived hearing audiocast

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 1121 (Foxx), To authorize a land exchange to acquire lands for the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and for other purposes.  "Blue Ridge Parkway and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2009"
• H.R. 1376 (C. Edwards), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Waco Mammoth National Monument in the State of Texas.  "Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2009"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Representative Chet Edwards (TX-17) (H.R.1376)

Representative Virginia Foxx (NC-5) (H.R. 1121)

Panel II

Stephen P. Whitesell (H.R. 1121 & H.R 1376)
Associate Director
Park Planning, Facilities, and Lands
National Park Service

Panel III

Larry Groth (H.R. 1376)
City Manager
Waco, TX

Scott Hildebran (H.R. 1121)
Town Manager
Blowing Rock, NC