SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, May 10, 2007
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 523 (Hastings): To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington, to the utility district. "Douglas County, Washington, PUD Conveyance Act"
• H.R. 1011 (Boucher): To designate additional National Forest System lands in the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic areas, and for other purposes. "Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2007"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

The Honorable Rick Boucher (VA-09) (H.R. 1011)

The Honorable Doc Hastings (WA-04) (H.R. 523)

Panel II

Mr. Mike Ferguson (H.R. 523)
Assistant Director
Business and Fiscal Resources
Bureau of Land Management

Mr. Joel Holtrop (H.R. 1011)
Deputy Chief
National Forest System
USDA Forest Service

Panel III (H.R. 1011)

Mr. Tom Davenport
Manager
Mt. Rogers Outfitters
Damascus, VA

Mr. John Muffo
Supervisor
Montgomery County Board of Supervisors
Blacksburg, VA

Mr. Gerald Gray
Clintwood, VA

Mr. Steve Henson
Executive Director
Southern Appalachian Multiple-Use Council
Clyde, NC

Panel IV (H.R. 523)

Mr. Bill Dobbins
CEO & Manager
Douglas County, WA
Public Utility District
East Wenatchee, WA

Mr. John Seebach
Hydropower Reform Coalition National Coordinator
American Rivers
Washington, DC