Full Committee Hearing

Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests Hearing: To Receive Testimony on Current Legislation (Hearing Room SD-366)

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Location:  Energy Committee Hearing Room
SD-366

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 832, to provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value; S. 2229, to withdraw certain Federal land in the Wyoming Range from leasing and provide an opportunity to retire certain leases in the Wyoming Range;S. 2379, to authorize the Secretary of Interior to cancel certain grazing leases on land in Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument that are voluntarily waived by the lessees, to provide for the exchange of certain Monument land in exchange for private land, to designate certain Monument land as wilderness, and for other purposes; S. 2508 and H.R. 903, to provide for a study of options for protecting the open space characteristics of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado, and for other purposes; S. 2601 and H.R. 1285, to provide for the conveyance of a parcel of National Forest System land in Kittitas County, Washington, to facilitate the construction of a new fire and rescue station, and for other purposes; H.R. 523, 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; S. 532 and H.R. 838, to provide for the conveyance of the Bureau of Land Management parcels known as the White Acre and Gambel Oak properties and related real property to Park City, Utah, and for other purposes.

Witness Panel 3

  1. Andy Kerr

    Consultant
    Soda Mountain Wilderness Council
  2. Chris Caviezel

    Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
    Snoqualmie Pass Fire Station
  3. Claire Moseley

    Executive Director
    Public Lands Advocacy
  4. Gary Amerine

    Citizens Protecting the Wyoming Range
  5. Mike Dauenhauer

    Ashland, Oregon

Witness Panel 2

  1. Luke Johnson

    Deputy Director
    Bureau of Land Management
  2. Melissa Simpson

    Deputy Undersecretary
    Natural Resources & Environment, Department of Agriculture

Witness Panel 1

  1. The Honorable Dave Freudenthal

    Governor
    Wyoming
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