FIELD HEARING IN MARYLAND AT THE BLACKWATER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ON INVASIVE SPECIES AND THE MAINTENANCE BACKLOG AT THE REFUGE

Opening Remarks of The Honorable Wayne T. Gilchrest, Chairman, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans

PANEL I

• Mr. Dan Ashe
  Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Ms. Edith Thompson
  Invasive Species Coordinator
  Maryland Department of Natural Resources

• Mr. Ron Tillier
  President
  Friends of Blackwater

• Mr. W. Ladd Johnson
  Maryland Waterfowl Commission
  Chairman

• Mr. Guy Willey
  Wildlife Technician

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