Senate Hearing on NCNP fish stocking bill scheduled

[Brian Curtis]

We need to let members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks that we want HR 4230 passed. There is now a hearing date scheduled:

On July 22nd, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks will hold a hearing on the following bills of interest to the National Park Service. The hearing is scheduled at 2:30 p.m. in Room SD-366 Dirksen. The DOI witness has not yet been determined:
S. 715 (Levin, D-MI), to establish a pilot program to provide for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses;
S. 742 (Saxby, R-GA), to expand the boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National Historical Park, and for other purposes;
S. 1270 (Wyden, D-OR), to modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument, and for other purposes;
S. 1418 (Udall, Mark, D-CO) and H.R. 2330 (Lamborn, R-CO), to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of the National Park System; and
H.R. 2430 (Hastings, R-WA), to direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.

[Brian Curtis]

Here are the members of the Subcommittee on National Parks followed by the state they represent. These are the Senators that need to hear from us this week. If you know someone who is a constituent of one of these Senators please have them contact their Senator.

Democratic Subcommittee Members

Mark Udall (Chairman)-CO
Byron L. Dorgan-ND
Mary L. Landrieu-LA
Robert Menendez-NJ
Blanche Lincoln-AR
Bernard Sanders (I)-VT
Evan Bayh-IN
Debbie Stabenow-MI

Republican Subcommittee Members

Richard Burr-NC
John Barrasso-WY
Sam Brownback-KS
John McCain-AZ
Jim Bunning-KY
Bob Corker-TN

Jeff Bingaman (ex officio member)-NM
Lisa Murkowski (ex officio member)-AK

[Kathy]

I found this neat summary web page which has contact info for all of them – including an email link that says it goes to the entire committee

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newcommittee.cgi?site=ctc&lang=&commcode=senergy_parks

[Ken Masel]

The Senate Hearing on H.R. 2430 took place earlier today. There was not live video available, just audio. I recorded the hearing, edited it down to the sections relevant to H.R. 2430, and uploaded to YouTube.

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Some of the voices heard are:

0:00 to 2:41 – Comments from Senator Maria Cantwell
2:41 to 3:30 – Comments from Daniel Wenk (Acting Director of the National Park Service)
3:30 to 5:18 – Questions from Senator Cantwell; Responses from Wenk
5:18 to 7:20 – Questions and comments from Senator Mark Udall; Responses from Wenk

A couple of noteable comments were made by Daniel Wenk. The first is that the Park Service is not opposed to H.R. 2430. The second comment made is that the Park Services supports Alternative B of the EIS, which calls for the continued stocking of fish with Congressional approval.

[Jeff]

That interview sounds promising for the continued stocking. I’d like to think my letter to Cantwell helped a little influence her views!

[Phil Conner]

When will we hear/see the final result/s?

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