Subcommittee oversight hearing on the status of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service’s efforts to implement amendments to land use plans and specific management plans regarding sage grouse conservation, and those agencies’ coordination activities with affected states
June 28, 2016
02:30 PM
366 Dirksen
The hearing will be held on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of this hearing is to conduct oversight on the status of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service’s efforts to implement amendments to land use plans and specific management plans regarding sage grouse conservation, and those agencies’ coordination activities with affected states.
The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing is complete. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.Archived Webcast
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Opening Remarks
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Sen. John Barrasso
ChairmanSenate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining -
Sen. Ron Wyden
Ranking MemberSenate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining
Witness Panel 1
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Mr. Jim Lyons
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Lands and MineralsU.S. Department of the Interior -
Mr. Robert Harper
Director for Water, Fish, Wildlife, Air & Rare Plants, U.S. Forest ServiceU.S. Department of Agriculture -
Ms. Kathleen Clarke
Director, Public Lands Policy Coordinating OfficeState of Utah -
Ms. Catherine Macdonald
Oregon Director of Conservation ProgramsThe Nature Conservancy -
Ms. Brenda Richards
President of Public Lands CouncilRancher, Owyhee County, Idaho -
Ms. Katie Sweeney
Senior Vice President & General CounselNational Mining Association
