Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 At 10:00:00 AM
The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a legislative and oversight hearing on the following:
H.R. 6479 (Stark): To provide for the establishment of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex. (San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex Establishment Act)
Status of Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration efforts
Subject: House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Legislative and Oversight Hearing
When: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building
Witnesses: Panel 1 The Honorable Fortney Pete Stark, Member of Congress (D-CA, H.R. 6479)
Panel 2 Eric Alvarez, Realty Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior David Lewis, Executive Director, Save the Bay Evan Hirsche, President, National Wildlife Refuge Association Angela Gustavson, Director of Government Relations, Restore America's Estuaries
Panel 3 Peyton Robertson, Director, Chesapeake Bay Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce Colonel Dionysios Anninos, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District William J. Goldsborough, Director of Fisheries, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Denise L. Breitburg, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Tommy Kellum, W.E. Kellum Inc. and President, Virginia Seafood Council