SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 554 (McGovern): To provide for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, and for other purposes. "Paleontological Resources Preservation Act"
• H.R. 986 (Courtney), To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. "Eighmile Wild and Scenic River Act"
• H.R. 1100 (Shuler), To revise the boundary of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes. "Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act of 2007"
• H.R. 1285 (Hastings), To provide for the conveyance of a parcel of the National Forest System land in Kittitas County, Washington, to facilitate the construction of a new fire and rescue station, and for other purposes. "Snoqualmie Pass Land Conveyance Act"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Honorable James P. McGovern (MA-03) (H.R. 554) 

Honorable Joe Courtney (CT-02) (H.R. 986)|

Honorable Doc Hastings (WA-04) (H.R. 1285)

Panel II (H.R. 554, H.R. 986, H.R. 1100, H.R. 1285)

Ms. Sue Masica
Chief of Staff
National Park Service

Mr. Frederick Norbury
Associate Deputy Chief
National Forest System
U.S. Forest Service

Panel III 

Mr. Peter L. Larson (H.R. 554)
Black Hills Institute of Geological Research 

Mr. Ted J. Vlamis (H.R. 554)
Chairman
Government Affairs Committee
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 

Mr. Nathan M. Frohling (H.R. 986)
Director
Lower Connecticut River Program
EightMile Project
The Nature Conservancy 

Mr. Chuck McGrady (H.R. 1100)
Henderson County (NC) Commissioner 

Mr. Chris Caviezel (H.R. 1285)
Commissioner
King and Kittitas Counties (WA) Fire District 51