The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, led by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), and Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a joint oversight field hearing on "The Impacts of Climate Change on the Chesapeake Bay."

Subject:
House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
Joint Oversight Field Hearing on "The Impacts of Climate Change on the Chesapeake Bay"

When:
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
647 Contees Wharf Road
Edgewater, Maryland

Witnesses:

Panel 1

Marvin Moriarty
Regional Director
US Fish and Wildlife Service

Robert Wood, Ph.D.
Director
NOAA Cooperative Oxford Laboratory

The Honorable Michael Bojokles
Mayor
Town of North Beach

Donald F. Boesch, Ph.D.
President
Center for Environmental Science

Anson H. Hines, Ph.D.
Director
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Panel 2

The Honorable Bernie Fowler
Former State Senator
Maryland State Senate

Skip Stiles
Executive Director
Wetlands Watch

Stuart Parnes
President
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Tommy Leggett
Waterman
Wicomico, VA