SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS CHENOWETH 27 76 79 CHRISTIAN-GREEN 23 24 59 CHRISTINE KENNEDY 4 CLARK 26 37 41 42 43 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 64 67 68 69 70 73 74 75 78 82 83 84 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 97 CUBIN 67 68 69 86 88 89 90 ELIZABETH MEGGINSON 4 FARR 14 54 55 56 81 83 84 GILCHREST 13 59 60 61 62 HANSEN 9 23 24 25 26 27 HERGER 25 62 64 66 90 91 92 93 94 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 130 132 134 135 HOGARTH 105 106 107 108 111 120 122 123 124 125 126 127 135 123 JOHN LAWRENCE 4 LEWIS 13 16 23 LLOYD A. JONES 4 MANTZARIS 118 119 MILLER 8 46 47 104 105 106 107 108 120 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 NICKERSON 43 44 45 70 71 72 85 86 POMBO 7 9 10 11 13 14 15 22 23 27 30 37 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 50 54 56 59 62 66 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 80 81 84 85 86 90 95 96 97 100 102 103 104 110 113 114 115 116 118 119 120 130 132 133 134 135 136 137 RADANOVICH 24 SAXTON 10 SCHAFFER 12 56 57 58 59 80 81 SCHMITTEN 100 102 103 104 105 110 112 113 114 117 118 119 122 127 128 129 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 SCHMTTTEN 98 SPEAR 64 84 95 96 97 STELLE 120 YOUNG 50 51 52 53 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF HON. GEORGE MILLER, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 8 STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES V. HANSEN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF UTAH PAGE 9 STATEMENT OF HON. JIM SAXTON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY PAGE 10 STATEMENT OF HON. BOB SCHAFFER, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF COLORADO PAGE 12 STATEMENT OF HON. WAYNE GILCHREST, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND PAGE 13 STATEMENT OF HON. SAM FARR, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 14 STATEMENT OF HON. JERRY LEWIS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 15 STATEMENT OF HON. GEORGE P. RADANOVICH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 24 STATEMENT OF HON. WALLY HERGER, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 25 STATEMENT OF HON. HELEN CHENOWETH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF IDAHO PAGE 27 STATEMENT OF HON. JAMIE RAPPAPORT CLARK, DIRECTOR, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON, DC; ACCOMPANIED BY LA VERNE SMITH, CHIEF, ENDANGERED SPECIES DIVISION, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA; MICHAEL SPEAR, REGIONAL DIRECTOR (REGION 1), PORTLAND, OREGON; RENNE LOHOEFENER, ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR ECOLOGICAL SERVICES (REGION 2), ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO; JOHN BLAKENSHIP, ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR ECOLOGICAL SERVICES (REGION 3), MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA; DAVID FLEMING, CHIEF OF THE REGIONAL ENDANGERED SPECIES OFFICE (REGION 4), ATLANTA, GEORGIA; AND PAUL NICKERSON, ENDANGERED SPECIES COORDINATOR (REGION 5), HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS PAGE 37 STATEMENT OF HON. ROLLAND SCHMITTEN, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WASHINGTON, DC, ACCOMPANIED BY WILLIAM W. STELLE, JR., REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR NORTHWEST REGION, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON; WILLIAM HOGARTH, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR SOUTHWEST REGION, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA; CHRIS MANTZARIS, DIVISION CHIEF, NORTHEAST REGION, GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS; AND ANDREW J. KEMMERER, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR SOUTHEAST REGION, ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA PAGE 97 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING