The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water and Power, led by Chairwoman Grace Napolitano (D-CA), will hold an oversight field hearing on "Extinction is Not a Sustainable Water Policy: The Bay-Delta Crisis and the Implications for California Water Management."

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Water and Power
Oversight Field Hearing on "Extinction is Not a Sustainable Water Policy: The Bay-Delta Crisis and the Implications for California Water Management"

When:
Monday, July 2, 2007, at 9:00 a.m.

Where:
Vallejo City Council Chambers
Vallejo, CA

Witnesses:
Panel 1
Mr. Phil Isenberg, Partner, Isenberg/O'Haren, Sacramento, CA
Mr. Jim Crettol, Farmer, Shafter, CA
Mr. Chris Martin, Principal, AC Martin Partners, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Panel 2
Mr. Steve Thompson, Manager, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's California and Nevada Operations Office, Sacramento, CA; * Accompanied by John Davis, Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Regional Office of the Bureau of Reclamation
Mr. L. Ryan Broddrick, Director, California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA; *Accompanied by Gerald Johns, Deputy Director, California Department of Water Resources
Dr. Peter Moyle, Associate Director, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology and Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis, Davis, CA

Panel 3
Mr. David Nawi, Attorney, Environmental Mediation, Sacramento, CA
Ms. Heather Cooley, Senior Associate, Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA
Mr. William Stelle, Partner, K&L; Gates, Seattle, WA

Panel 4
Mr. B.J. Miller, Consulting Engineer, Berkeley, CA
The Honorable Phil Larson, Fresno County Supervisor, Fresno, CA

Opening Statement
Chairwoman Grace Napolitano