The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 2055 (M. Thompson): To establish a Salmon Stronghold Partnership program to protect wild Pacific salmon, and for other purposes. "Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009"
  
  
• H.R. 2565 (Kind): To conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, to improve the quality of life for the people of the United States, and for other purposes. "National Fish Habitat Conservation Act"

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Subject:
House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2055 and H.R. 2565

When:
Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1334 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:

Panel 1

The Honorable Mike Thompson
Member of Congress (D-CA, H.R. 2055)

Panel 2

James Balsiger, PhD.
Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce

Gary Frazer
Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Department of the Interior

Sara LaBorde
Special Assistant to the Director
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Chair, Salmon Stronghold Partnership

Eric Schwaab
Deputy Secretary
Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Jack Williams, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Trout Unlimited

Thomas Weseloh
North Coast Manager
California Trout

Opening Statement:
Chairwoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo