Week of May 29

No business
Memorial Day district work period

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

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

H.R. 2766, To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain lands within the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest in the State of Colorado.

H.R. 1723, To designate certain National Forest System lands in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1005, To provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2707, To direct the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, acting through the U.S. Forest Service, to carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive on forests and public lands administered by the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service.

WITNESSES

PANEL I : H.R. 2766

The Honorable Bob Beauprez
U.S. House of Representatives
7th District of Colorado

Elizabeth Estill
Deputy Chief for Programs, Legislation and Communications
U.S. Forest Service, USDA

The Honorable Charles J. Baroch
Mayor
City of Golden, State of Colorado

PANEL II: H.R. 1723

Elizabeth Estill
Deputy Chief for Programs, Legislation and Communications
U.S. Forest Service, USDA

PANEL III: H.R. 1005

Chris Kearney
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy/International Affairs
Department of the Interior

The Honorable Don Davis
Commissioner
Rio Blanco, Colorado

PANEL IV: H.R. 2707

The Honorable Steve Pearce
U.S. House of Representatives
2nd District of New Mexico

The Honorable Charles W. Stenholm
U.S. House of Representatives
17th District of Texas

Elizabeth Estill
Deputy Chief for Programs, Legislation and Communications
U.S. Forest Service, USDA

James Tate
Science Advisor to the Secretary
Department of the Interior

PANEL V: H.R. 2707

Tim Carlson
Executive Director
Tamarisk Coalition

John Redifer, Ph.D.
Dept. of Social & Behavioral Science
Mesa State College

Tom W. Davis
Manager
Carlsbad Irrigation District

John R. Kershaw
President
Imperial Valley Conservation Research Center Committee
Imperial County , California

Bob Sulnick
Campaign Manager
Alliance for the Rio Grande Heritage