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

• H.R. 6479 (Stark): To provide for the establishment of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex. (San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex Establishment Act)
  
  
• Status of Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration efforts

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Legislative and Oversight Hearing

When:
Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
The Honorable Fortney Pete Stark, Member of Congress (D-CA, H.R. 6479)

Panel 2
Eric Alvarez, Realty Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
David Lewis, Executive Director, Save the Bay
Evan Hirsche, President, National Wildlife Refuge Association
Angela Gustavson, Director of Government Relations, Restore America's Estuaries

Panel 3
Peyton Robertson, Director, Chesapeake Bay Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce
Colonel Dionysios Anninos, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District
William J. Goldsborough, Director of Fisheries, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Denise L. Breitburg, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Tommy Kellum, W.E. Kellum Inc. and President, Virginia Seafood Council