Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Legislative Hearing

WHAT: Subcommittee on INational Parks, Forests and Public Lands Legislative Hearing on 

HR 3641 (Farr), To establish Pinnacles National Park in the State of California as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. “Pinnacles National Park Act”

HR 3894 (Jackson Jr.), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Pullman Historic Site in Chicago, Illinois, and for other purposes. “Pullman Historic Site National Park Service Study Act”

HR 4606 (Rehberg), To authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, and for other purposes.

HR 5544 (Cravaack), To authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest and certain other National Forest System land in the State of Minnesota that has limited recreational and conservation resources and lands owned by the State of Minnesota in trust for the public school system that are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and have important recreational, scenic, and conservation resources, and for other purposes. “Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act”

HR 5791 (Flake), To provide for reasonable and necessary access to Wilderness Areas for the restoration of water sources, supplies, or infrastructure during a state of emergency declared by the Governor of a State. “Emergency Water Supply Restoration Act”

WHERE: 1334 Longworth House Office Building, US Capitol Complex, Washington DC

WHEN: 9AM, Friday, June 8, 2012 

WITNESSES:

Rep. Sam Farr, CA (HR 3641)
Member of Congress

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., IL (HR 3894)
Member of Congress

Rep. Denny Rehberg, MT (HR 4606)
Member of Congress

Rep. Chip Cravaack, MN (HR 5544)
Member of Congress

Rep. Jeff Flake, AZ (HR 5791)
Member of Congress

Panel II

Leslie Weldon
Deputy Chief
United States Forest Service
(Testifying on HR 5544 and HR 5791)

Victor Knox
Associate Director for Park Planning, Facilities and Lands
National Park Service
(Testifying on HR 5791)

Rep. Denise Dittrich
Member
Minnesota House of Representatives
(Testifying on HR 5544)

Grace Keliher
Minnesota School Boards Association
(Testifying on HR 5544)

Betsy Daub
Policy Director
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
(Testifying on HR 5544)

Nancy Lewis Sosa
Resident
Tombstone, AZ
(Testifying on HR 5791)

Paul Spitler
National Wilderness Campaigns Associate Director
Wilderness Society
(Testifying on HR 5791)

Panel III

Victor Knox
Associate Director for Park Planning, Facilities and Lands
National Park Service
 (Testifying on HR 3641, HR 3894 and HR 4606)

Jerry Muenzer
Supervisor, District Four
San Benito County Board of Supervisors
(Testifying on HR 3641)

Arthur Pearson
Resident
Pullman, IL
(Testifying on HR 3894)