The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold an oversight hearing on "Managing Our Ocean and Wildlife Resources in a Dynamic Environment: Priorities for the New Administration and the 111^th Congress."




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Subject:
House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
Oversight Hearing on "Managing Our Ocean and Wildlife Resources in a Dynamic Environment: Priorities for the New Administration and the 111^th Congress"

When:
Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:

Panel 1

Mark F. Rockefeller
Chairman
Board of Directors
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Peter Kareiva, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist
The Nature Conservancy

Barton H. Thompson, Jr.
Perry L. McCarty Director
Woods Institute for the Environment

Stanford University
And Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law
Stanford Law School

John Baughman
Member
Sporting Conservation Council

Panel 2

Shirley A. Pomponi, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Florida Atlantic University

William Jackson, Ph.D.
Deputy Director General
IUCN-USA Multilateral Office

Franklin W. Nutter
President
Reinsurance Association of America

Brian Rothschild, Ph.D.
Montgomery Charter Professor of Marine Science
School for Marine Science and Technology
University of Massachusetts

Opening statement:
Chairwoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo