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110th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2334, H.R. 2632, H.R. 3287, H.R. 3513 and H.R. 3682

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 | 2:00 PM

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:00 p.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

  • H.R. 2334 (M. Udall): To designate as wilderness certain land within the Rocky Mountain National Park and to adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho National Recreation Area of the Arapaho National Forest in the State of Colorado. "Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act"  
  • H.R. 2632 (T. Udall): To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New Mexico. "Sabinoso Wilderness Act of 2007"  
  • H.R. 3287 (Grijalva): To expand the Pajarita Wilderness and designate the Tumacacori Highland Wilderness in Coronado National Forest, Arizona. "Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act of 2007"  
  • H.R. 3513 (DeFazio): To amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk River in the State of Oregon as wild or scenic rivers. "Copper Salmon Wilderness Act" 
  • H.R. 3682 (Bono): To designate certain Federal lands in Riverside County, California, as wilderness, to designate certain river segments in Riverside County as a wild, scenic, or recreational river, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. "California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO) (H.R. 2334)

The Honorable Mary Bono (CA-45) (H.R. 3682)

The Honorable Tom Udall (NM-03) (H.R. 2632)


Panel II

Joel Holtrop 
Deputy Chief
National Forest System
USDA Forest Service 

Elena Daly
Director
National Landscape Conservation System
Bureau of Land Management

Panel III

Carol Cullen 
Executive Director
Chamber of Commerce
Tubac, AZ 

Matt Skroch
Executive Director
Sky Island Alliance 

Mark M. South
Rio Rico, AZ 

Geary Hund
Associate Director
Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy 

Bill Dart
Off-Road Business Association
Bakersfield, CA

Panel IV

Dennis J. Harmon 
General Manager
Water Supply & Storage Co. 

Honorable William Pinkham
Mayor Pro Tem
Town of Estes Park, CO 

Arturo Sandoval
President, Center of Southwest Culture, Inc. 

Jerry Becker
Executive Director
Elk River Land Trust 

Jacob Groves
American Forest Resource Council
Oregon Field Forester