Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests

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The official website lists the subcommittee responsibilities:

Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and legislative responsibilities for: public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service including farming and grazing thereon, and wilderness areas; establishment of wildlife refuges on public lands and wilderness designation therein; military land withdrawals; reserved water rights; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; territorial affairs; national mining and minerals policy and general mining laws; surface mining, reclamation and enforcement; mining education and research; Federal mineral leasing; Outer Continental Shelf leasing; Naval oil shale reserves; National Petroleum reserve -- Alaska; and deep seabed mining.

Phone: (202) 224-8276
Fax: (202) 224-7970

It is a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Upcoming Hearings

Public Lands & Forests Subcommittee Hearing

Thursday, November 16, 2006
02:30 PM
Energy Committee Hearing Room - SD-366

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 3636, a bill to establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality economic development in Washington County, Utah, and for other purposes; and S. 3772, a bill to establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality development in White Pine County, Nevada, and for other purposes.

Witnesses

Panel 1

The Honorable Robert Bennett, Member , U.S. Senate
The Honorable Orrin Hatch, Member , U.S. Senate
The Honorable John Ensign, Member, U.S. Senate
The Honorable Harry Reid, Member, U.S. Senate

Panel 2

Mr. Chad Calvert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior--Testimony
Mr. Joel Holtrop, Deputy Chief of the National Forest System, U.S. Forest Service--Testimony

Panel 3

Mr. Brent Eldridge, Commissioner, White Pine County, Nevada--Testimony
Mr. Alan Gardner, Commissioner, Washington County, Utah--Testimony
Mr. Jerry Greenberg, Vice President, Regional Conservation, The Wilderness Society--Testimony
Mr. Peter Metcalf, CEO, Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd., Board of Directors, Outdoor Industry Association--Testimony

See the webcast.