The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, led by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), will hold an oversight field hearing on "Losing Ground: The War on Buffelgrass in the Sonoran Desert."

Subject:
House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Oversight Field Hearing on "Losing Ground: The War on Buffelgrass in the Sonoran Desert"

When:
Saturday, April 10, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
City Hall
255 West Alameda
Tucson, AZ

Witnesses:

Panel 1:

Bert Frost
Associate Director
Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
National Park Service

Faye Krueger
Deputy Regional Forester
Southwestern Region
U.S. Forest Service

Dr. Ned Norris, Jr.
Chairman
Tohono O'odham Nation
Sells, AZ

Panel 2:

Sara Smallhouse
President
Thomas R. Brown Foundations
Tucson, AZ

Dr. Richard Mack
School of Biological Sciences
Washington State University
Pullman, WA

Chuck Huckleberry
County Administrator
Pima County
Tucson, AZ

Dr. John Brock
Brock Habitat Restoration and Invasive Plant Management
Tempe, AZ

Opening Statement:
Chairman Raul Grijalva