SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, July 15, 2010
10:30 a.m.

• Archived hearing webcast
• Official hearing transcript

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

• "Locally Grown: Creating Rural Jobs with America’s Public Lands"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Jay Jensen
Deputy Undersecretary
Natural Resources and Environment
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Victor Vasquez
Deputy Undersecretary
Rural Development
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Eileen Sobeck
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Fish and Wildlife and Parks
U.S. Department of Interior

Joseph A. Laurance
Douglas County Commissioner
Roseburg, Oregon

Panel II

Cassandra Moseley, Ph.D.
Director
Institute for a Sustainable Environment
University of Oregon

Joyce Dearstyne
Executive Director
Framing Our Community, Inc.
Elk City, Idaho

Wes Curtis
Vice President for Government Relations and Regional Services
Southern Utah University
Cedar City, Utah

Bebo Lee
New Mexico Federal Lands Council
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Alamogordo, New Mexico

Panel III

Rachel Mondragon
Owner
Urban Interface Solutions
Taos, New Mexico

Kristin Troy
Executive Director
Lemhi Regional Land Trust
Salmon, Idaho

Melanie Parker
Executive Director
Northwest Connections
Swan Valley, Montana