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

FIELD HEARING ON CRISIS ON OUR NATIONAL FORESTS: REDUCING THE THREAT OF CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE TO CENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITIES AND THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

Posting of Colors: Oregon National guard Youth Challenge Program

Director Vince Hartney

WITNESSES

PANEL I

Dale Bosworth
Chief, U.S. Forest Service

ACCOMPANIED BY:
Linda Goodman
Regional Forester
Pacific, NW Region

Ed Shepard
Assistant Director
Renewable Resources and Planning\
Bureau of Land Management

PANEL II

Thomas Bonnicksen, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Forest Science
Texas A&M University

John Sessions, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor of Forestry
Stewart Professor of Forest Engineering
Oregon State University

Daniel R. Dessecker
Senior Wildlife Biologist
Ruffed Grouse Society

Andy Stahl
Executive Director
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics

John Marshall
Assistant Director for External and Intergovernmental Affairs
Colorado, Dept. of Natural Resources

PANEL III

The Honorable Dennis Luke
Commissioner
Deschutes County

Les Stiles
Sheriff
Deschutes County

Tim Lillebo
East Oregon Field Representative
Oregon Natural Resources Council

John Shelk
Managing Director
Ochoco Management Inc.

D. R. Johnson
Owner
D. R. Johnson Timber Co.

Ralph Minnick
Chief Financial Officer
Warm Springs Forest Products Industries
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon