Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining Legislative Hearing

October 8, 2015
02:30 PM

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

  • S. 414 (Feinstein), a bill to provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy in the California Desert Conservation Area, and for other purposes.

  • S. 872 (Murkowski), a bill to provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.

  • S. 1295 (Bennet) / H.R.1324 (Polis), a bill to adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, and for other purposes.

  • S. 1448 (Wyden), a bill to designate the Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary in the State of Oregon.

  • S. 1592 (Flake), a bill to clarify the description of certain Federal land under the Northern Arizona Land Exchange and Verde River Basin Partnership Act of 2005 to include additional land in the Kaibab National Forest.

  • S. 1941 (Gardner) / H.R.2223 (Lamborn), a bill to authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in El Paso and Teller Counties, Colorado, and for other purposes.

  • S. 1942 (Gardner) / H.R.1554 (Tipton), a bill to require a land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch and the White River National Forest in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

  • S. 1955 (Sullivan), a bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for equitable allotment of land to Alaska Native veterans.

  • S. 1971 (Boxer), a bill to expand the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, and for other purposes.

  • S. 2069 (Wyden), a bill To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify provisions relating to certain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the State of Oregon.

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Opening Remarks

  • Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

    Chairman
    Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining

Witness Panel 1

  • Mr. Glenn Casamassa

    Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Mr. Steve Ellis

    Deputy Director of Operations, Bureau of Land Management
    U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Mr. Leo Barlow

    Wrangell Representative
    Southeast Alaska Landless Native Corporation
  • Mr. Buck Lindekugel

    Grassroots Attorney
    Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
  • The Honorable Robert Lovingood

    1st District Supervisor
    San Bernardino County California
  • Mr. Frazier Haney

    Conservation Director
    Mojave Desert Land Trust