The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, led by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), will hold an oversight field hearing on "The Impacts of Climate Change on America's National Parks.

Subject:
House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Oversight Field Hearing on "The Impacts of Climate Change on America's National Parks"

When:
Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
City Council chambers
6136 Adobe Road
Twentynine Palms, California
(adjacent to Joshua Tree National Park)

Witnesses:

Panel 1

Jonathan B Jarvis
Regional Director, Pacific West Region
National Park Service
Oakland, CA

Panel 2

John Harja
Co-Chair
Western Governors' Association Wildlife Corridors Initiative Steering Committee
Salt Lake City, UT

Rebecca Shaw
Director of Conservation Science
The Nature Conservancy of California
San Francisco, CA

Professor Thomas W. Swetnam
Director, Tree Ring Laboratory
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

John Coleman
Senior Meteorologist
KUSI
San Diego, CA

Panel 3

Robert B. Keiter
Director
Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources, and the Environment
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Melyssa Watson
Director
Wilderness Support Center
Durango, CO

Michael Cipra
California Desert Program Manager
National Parks Conservation Association
Joshua Tree, CA

Opening Statement
Chairman Raul M. Grijalva