Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests Hearing: To receive testimony on current legislation (SD-366)

April 15, 2008
02:30 PM
The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 570 and H.R. 1011, to designate additional National Forest System lands in the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic areas, and for other purposes; S. 758 and H.R. 1311, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Alta-Hualapai Site to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the development of a cancer treatment facility; S. 1680, to provide for the inclusion of certain non-Federal land in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes; S. 2109, 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, and for other purposes; S. 2124, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, Montana, for use as a cemetery; and S. 2581, to designate as wilderness additional National Forest System lands in the Monongahela National Forest in the State of West Virginia, and for other purposes.

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Witness Panel 1

  • The Honorable John Warner

    Member
    U.S. Senate
  • The Honorable Barbara Boxer

    U.S. Senator

Witness Panel 2

  • Mr. Henri Bisson

    Bureau of Land Management
  • Mr. Joel Holtrop

    Deputy Chief of the National Forest System
    Forest Service, Department of Agriculture
  • Elena Daly

    Director
    National Landscape Conservation System, Bureau of Land Management

Witness Panel 3