Now under new management, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee in Natural Resources is holding a hearing on the Yellowstone bison situation.
The House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will hold a hearing at March 20, 10 AM EDT. It will be webcast. Go to http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=3 on Tuesday and look for the webcast.
Here is the list of those testifying-
Witnesses:
Panel 1
Governor Brian Schweitzer, State of Montana
Mike Soukup, Associate Director, National Park Service
John Clifford, DVM, Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Robin Nazzaro, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office
Panel 2
Josh Osher, Buffalo Field Campaign
Tim Stevens, Yellowstone Project Manager, National Parks Conservation Association
Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO, Humane Society of the United States
Jim Hagenbarth, Montana Stock Growers Association
Dr. Charles Kay, Utah State University
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
