The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 3639 (Farr): To establish a program of research and other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter. (Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act)

• H.R. 5350 (R. Scott): To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purposes.
  

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3639 and H.R. 5350

When:
Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
The Honorable Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Member of Congress (D-VA)

Panel 2
Kenneth McDermond, Deputy Regional Director, California and Nevada Regional Office, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior
Jim Curland, Marine Program Associate, Defenders of Wildlife
James A. Estes, Ph.D, Director, STEPS Institute, and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Andrew B. Johnson, Program Manager, Sea Otter Research and Conservation (SORAC), Monterey Bay Aquarium
George Mannina, Senior Partner, O'Connor and Hannan, L.L.P, On Behalf of California Sea Urchin Commission

Panel 3
William F. Broglie, Chief Administrative Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce
Roderick S. Woolard, Director of Development, City of Norfolk