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105th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2458

Tuesday, September 23, 1997 | 2:00 PM Washington, D.C.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND FOREST HEALTH
Tuesday, September 23, 1997
1334 Longworth HOB, 2:00 p.m.

Opening remarks of Chairman Helen Chenoweth, (ID-01)

AGENDA

Legislative Hearing on

HR 2458,, a bill to provide new authority to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to safeguard communities, lives, and property from catastrophic wildfire by eliminating hazardous fuels buildup, and to undertake other forest management projects to protect noncommodity resources, on Federal lands where wildlands abut, or are located in close proximity to, urban areas.

WITNESSES
Panel I

Robert Joslin, Deputy Chief, National Forest Systems, United States Forest Service (Washington, D.C.)

Panel II

Harry V. Wiant, President, Society of American Foresters (Morgantown, WV)

Pete Goicoechea, County Commissioner (Eureka, NV)

Jim Hubbard, Director/State Forester, Colorado State Forest Service, Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO)

Michael H. Albrecht, President, Sierra Resource Management (Sonora, CA)

Steve Holmer, Western Ancient Forest Campaign (Washington, DC)