Week of July 3

Friday
Water & Power
9 a.m., Pasco, WA

San Francisco Chronicle
House Votes Major Changes to Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Act
Implementation of the 1973 ESA

ANWR Energy Exploration:
Putting it in Perspective

Dow Jones:
Lawmaker Eyes Energy Bill To Halt CNOOC-Unocal

Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Room 1334 LHOB, 11:00 a.m.

AGENDA

Legislative Hearing on

S. 1003, A bill to clarify the intent of Congress with respect to the continued use of established commercial outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River.

H.R. 3102, A bill to utilize the expertise of New Mexico State University, the University of Arizona, and Northern Arizona University in conducting studies under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 in connection with the grazing allotments and range and continuing range analysis for National Forest System lands in New Mexico and Arizona, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3427, A bill to authorize a land conveyance between the United States and the City of Craig, Alaska, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4494, A bill to designate the Grey Towers National Historic Site in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

WITNESSES

PANEL I

The Honorable Mark Rey
Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment
U.S. Department of Agriculture

George Nickas
Executive Director
Wilderness Watch

Murray D. Feldman
Partner
Holland & Hart - Boise Office

PANEL II

John Fowler, Ph.D.
Range Improvement Task Force, Cooperative Extension Service
College of Agriculture and Home Economics
New Mexico State University

Darrel Allred
Chairman
Save Our Rural Economy

Joseph Feller
Professor of Law
Arizona State University

PANEL III

PANEL IV

The Honorable Don Sherwood
U.S. House of Representatives
10th District of Pennsylvania