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 hearing on "How to Manage Large Constrictor Snakes and Other Invasive Species."



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Subject:
House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
Joint Oversight Hearing on "How to Manage Large Constrictor Snakes and Other Invasive Species"

When:
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

Where:
Room 1334 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:

Panel 1:

Bert Frost, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Natural Resources, Stewardship and Science
National Park Service

Panel 2:

Frank J. Mazzotti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center
University of Florida
Davie, FL

Marcy Heacker, M.S.
Division of Birds
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC

Daniel Thayer
Director
Department of Vegetation & Land Management
South Florida Water Management District
West Palm Beach, FL

Jorge P. Gutierrez, Jr.
Civil Trial Attorney
Gonzalez and Garcia
Miami, FL

Shawn K. Heflick
Palm Bay, FL

Panel 3:

Daniel Simberloff, Ph.D.
Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Science
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN

Phyllis Windle, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Invasive Species
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, DC

Scott Hardin
Exotic Species Coordinator
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Tallahassee, FL

Opening Statement:
Chairman Raul Grijalva