SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BROWN 40 43 44 CHAIRMAN 1 5 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 20 23 26 29 30 32 35 38 39 40 43 44 47 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 59 62 65 66 67 68 69 CHAMBLISS 16 CHENOWETH 38 COOKSEY 16 CROUCH 57 67 68 69 DOMBECK 12 14 15 18 20 24 25 28 29 30 32 34 39 EWING 30 31 32 FARR 13 14 15 GLICKMAN 5 11 14 17 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 31 33 34 40 HOSTETTLER 35 JOHNSON 23 24 25 26 LYONS 12 13 15 18 26 29 30 33 36 37 MEADOWS 44 50 51 52 54 55 56 OLIVER 47 49 50 52 53 54 POMEROY 26 28 29 POWERS 59 66 67 SCHMIDT 62 65 66 SMITH 20 21 22 23 STABENOW 33 34 35 STENHOLM 4 17 18 19 THUNE 35 37 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT F. (BOB) SMITH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF OREGON PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES W. STENHOLM, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS PAGE 4 STATEMENT OF HON. DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, ACCOMPANIED BY MICHAEL DOMBECK, CHIEF, FOREST SERVICE, AND JAMES LYONS, UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT PAGE 5 STATEMENT OF MARVIN D. BROWN, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE FORESTERS PAGE 40 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM H. MEADOWS, PRESIDENT, WILDERNESS SOCIETY PAGE 44 STATEMENT OF CHADWICK D. OLIVER, PROFESSOR OF SILVICULTURE/ECOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, REPRESENTING THE FOREST HEALTH SCIENCE PANEL AND THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS PAGE 47 STATEMENT OF JIM CROUCH, CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL TIMBER PURCHASERS COMMITTEE; PRIVATE CONSULTANT, AMERICAN FOREST AND PAPER ASSOCIATION PAGE 57 STATEMENT OF BOB POWERS, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE, UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA PAGE 59 STATEMENT OF DAVE SCHMIDT, CHAIRMAN, LINN COUNTY, OR, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, AND PAST PRESIDENT, INTERSTATE REGION OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES PAGE 62 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS