SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS
AND
SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
10:00 a.m.
JOINT OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:
- "Mountain Pine Beetle: Strategies for Protecting the West"
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
The Honorable Dennis Rehberg
Member of Congress
Montana At Large
The Honorable John T. Salazar
Member of Congress
Colorado 3rd District
The Honorable Betsy Markey
Member of Congress
Colorado 4th District
The Honorable Walt Minnick
Member of Congress
Idaho 1st District
The Honorable Jared Polis
Member of Congress
Colorado 2nd District
Panel II
Dr. Barbara Bentz
Research Entomologist
Rocky Mountain Research Station Forest Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rick Cables
Regional Forester
Rocky Mountain Region Forest Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dr. Herbert C. Frost
Associate Director
Natural Resource Stewardship and Science National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Ronald Turley
Special Programs Manager
Western Area Power Administration
U.S. Department of Energy
Panel III
Representative Christine Scanlan
Colorado, 56th District
Dillon, CO
John Rich
Commissioner
Jackson County
Northwest CO Council of Governments
Walden, CO
Sloan Shoemaker
Executive Director
Wilderness Workshop
Carbondale, CO
Eric Wilkinson
General Manager
N. Colorado Water Conservancy District
Berthoud, CO
Panel IV
Mark Mathis
President and CEO
Confluence Energy
Kremmling, CO
Charles A. Larsen
General Manager
Carbon Power and Light Inc.
Saratoga, WY
Brendan McGuire
Manager of Government Relations
Vail Resorts
Broomfield, CO
Dr. Peter Kolb
Associate Professor
College of Forestry and Conservation
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
