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

Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health
1334 Longworth House Office Building
2:00 pm

Agenda

Legislative Hearing on:
HR 977 - To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide death and
disability benefits for aerial firefighters who work on a contract basis for the Forest Service or an
agency of the Department of the Interior and suffer death or disability in the line of duty, and for
other purposes.
HR 1550 - To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants
to improve the commercial value of forest biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transportation
fuels, petroleum- based product substitutes, and other commercial purposes.
HR 2397 - To designate a portion of the White Salmon River as a component of the National Wild
and Scenic Rivers System.

WITNESSES

PANEL I

Elisabeth Estill
Deputy Chief
Programs, Legislation, and Communication
USDA Forest Service

John Stewart
Biomass and Forest Health Program Manager
Office of Wildland Fire Coordination
US Department of Interior

PANEL II

W. David Wardall
Deputy Chief Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Connie Hirth
Buffalo, WY

PANEL III

Honorable Brian Baird
Third District of Washington
US House of Representatives