2009 Congressional Testimonies

Below are copies of prepared testimony by BLM and Department of the Interior Executive Leadership before House and Senate Committees for the calendar year 2009. 

H.R. 1612, the Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2009 - Statement of Will Shafroth, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior.  House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks. Forests, and Public Lands (4-2-09).

H.R. 1275, Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act - Statement of Michael Nedd, Acting Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior.  House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands (3-24-09).

H.R. 689, To interchange the administration jurisdiction of certain Federal Lands between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management - Statement of Michael Nedd, Acting Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior.  House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands (3-24-09).

Oversight Hearing, Restoring the Federal Public Lands Workforce - Statement of Daniel N. Wenk, Acting Director, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.  House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands (3-19-09).

Oversight Hearing, Energy Development on the Public Lands and Outer Continental Shelf - Statement of Ken Salazar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior.  Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (3-17-09).

H.R. 409, Las Vegas Motor Speedway Expansion - Statement of Ed Roberson, Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior.  House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands (3-03-09).