The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, led by Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 523 (Hastings): To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington, to the utility district. (Douglas County, Washington, PUD Conveyance Act)
• H.R. 1011 (Boucher): To designate additional National Forest System lands in the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic areas, and for other purposes. (Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2007)
  

Subject:
House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 523 and H.R. 1011

When:
Thursday, May 10, 2007, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1334 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
The Honorable Rick Boucher (VA-09) (H.R. 1011)
The Honorable Doc Hastings (WA-04) (H.R. 523)

Panel 2
Mr. Mike Ferguson (H.R. 523), Assistant Director, Business and Fiscal Resources, Bureau of Land Management
Mr. Joel Holtrop (H.R. 1011), Deputy Chief, National Forest System, USDA Forest Service

Panel 3 (H.R. 1011)
Mr. Tom Davenport, Manager, Mt. Rogers Outfitters, Damascus, VA
Mr. John Muffo, Supervisor, Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, Blacksburg, VA
Mr. Gerald Gray, Clintwood, VA
Mr. Steve Henson, Executive Director, Southern Appalachian Multiple-Use Council, Clyde, NC

Panel 4 (H.R. 523)
Mr. Bill Dobbins, CEO & Manager, Douglas County (WA) Public Utility District, East Wenatchee, WA
Mr. John Seebach, Hydropower Reform Coalition National Coordinator, American Rivers, Washington, DC

Opening Statement
Chairman Raul Grijalva