SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BLUNT 21 22 23 27 BUCKHOUSE 63 77 78 BYRNE 28 47 CHAIRMAN 4 19 20 21 22 27 55 76 77 78 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 CURTI 42 45 46 47 DOMBECK 7 13 14 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 EPPERS 37 56 57 FOWLER 66 69 75 76 GILLAM 15 23 24 25 26 27 HUNT 34 50 51 52 53 58 59 60 61 62 LUSTIG 40 53 54 55 57 58 MYERS 31 55 59 NELSON 70 73 74 77 OBERMILLER 64 78 PETERSON 3 16 17 18 POMBO 1 4 7 10 13 14 15 16 18 27 31 34 37 39 42 45 46 47 50 52 57 58 59 60 61 62 64 66 69 70 73 74 75 76 78 POMEROY 22 23 SHARPE 10 17 18 19 20 SMITH 23 24 25 26 27 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD W. POMBO, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. COLLIN C. PETERSON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA PAGE 3 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT F. (BOB) SMITH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF OREGON PAGE 4 STATEMENT OF MICHAEL DOMBECK, CHIEF, FOREST SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 7 STATEMENT OF MAITLAND SHARPE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR RENEWABLE RESOURCE AND PLANNING, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR PAGE 10 STATEMENT OF MIKE BYRNE, MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PUBLIC LANDS COUNCIL PAGE 28 STATEMENT OF BILL MYERS, ATTORNEY SPECIALIZING IN NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY PAGE 31 STATEMENT OF FRANCES A. HUNT, DIRECTOR, BLM PROGRAM, THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY PAGE 34 STATEMENT OF BUD EPPERS, PRESIDENT, NEW MEXICO PUBLIC LANDS COUNCIL PAGE 37 STATEMENT OF TOM LUSTIG, SENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY, NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION PAGE 40 STATEMENT OF BARBARA CURTI, PRESIDENT, NEVADA FARM BUREAU, REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION PAGE 42 STATEMENT OF JOHN BUCKHOUSE, PRESIDENT, SOCIETY FOR RANGE MANAGEMENT PAGE 62 STATEMENT OF FRED OBERMILLER, PROFESSOR OF RANGELAND RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY PAGE 64 STATEMENT OF JOHN FOWLER, ECONOMIST, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY PAGE 66 STATEMENT OF ROBERT NELSON, PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND PAGE 70 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS