Full Committee Hearing

PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING: to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 1470, S. 1719, S. 1787, H.R. 762 and H.R. 934 (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. 1470, to sustain the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land and other public land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to release certain wilderness study areas, to designate new areas for recreation, and for other purposes;

S. 1719, to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Alta, Utah;

S. 1787, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, and for other purposes;

H.R. 762, to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes; and

H.R. 934, to convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their submerged lands (Hearing Room SD-366).

Witness Panel 3

  1. Mr. Chris Wood

    Chief Operating Officer
    Trout Unlimited
  2. Mr. Tim Baker

    Excutive Director
    Montana Wilderness Association
  3. Mr. Matthew Koehler

    Executive Director
    Wild West Institute
  4. Mr. Sherman Anderson

    President and Owner
    Sun Mountain Lumber Inc.
  5. The Honorable Mike McGinley

    Commissioner, Chair
    Commission District # 2
  6. The Honorable Ronald Hurt

    County Commissioner
    Fremont County

Witness Panel 2

  1. Mr. Edwin Roberson

    Assistant Director for Renewable Resources and Planning
    Bureau of Land Management
  2. The Honorable Harris Sherman

    Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
    Department of Agriculture

Witness Panel 1

  1. The Honorable Jon Tester

    Senator
    United States Senate
  2. The Honorable Mike Crapo

    U.S. Senator
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