The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, led by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), will hold an oversight hearing on "The Role of Federal Lands in Combating Climate Change."




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Subject:
House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Oversight Hearing on "The Role of Federal Lands in Combating Climate Change"

When:
Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at 2:00 p.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:

Panel 1

Gail Kimbell
Chief
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture

Thomas R. Armstrong
Senior Advisor for Global Change Program
U.S. Geological Survey
Department of the Interior

Anthony Brunello
Deputy Secretary for Climate Change and Energy
California Natural Resources Agency
Sacramento, CA

Billy Frank
Chairman
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Olympia, WA

Panel 2

Mark E. Harmon, Ph.D.
Richardson Chair and Professor in Forest Service
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

Dominick A. DellaSala, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist and Executive Director of Programs
National Center for Conservation Science & Policy
Ashland, OR

Jack Williams, Ph. D.
Senior Scientist
Trout Unlimited
Medford, OR

Eugene Spiering
Vice President for Exploration
Quaterra Corporation
Kanab, UT

Panel 3

Rick Ridgeway
Freedom to Roam
Ventura, CA

Lynn Jungwirth
Executive Director
Watershed Research and Training Center
Hayfork, CA

Forrest McCarthy
Public Lands Director
Winter Wildlands Alliance Teton Village, WY

Opening statment:
Chairman Raul Grijalva