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2000 CIS S 31137
TITLE: Protection
of Roadless Areas, Part 2
CIS-NO: 2000-S311-37
SOURCE: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-416, pt. 2
DATE: Feb. 22, Mar. 30, 2000
LENGTH: iii+111 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1040-A; 1040-B
SUDOC:
Y4.EN2:S.HRG.106-416/PT.2
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2000-15836
CIS
DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Hearings before the Subcom on Forests and
Public Land Management to review a recently announced Administration initiative
to protect roadless areas within national forests, including
limits on road construction and other development activities in roadless
areas.
Supplementary material (p. 74-76, 107-111)
includes submitted statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Natl
forests roadless areas protection initiative, review
DESCRIPTORS:
NATIONAL
FORESTS; HIGHWAYS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOREST SERVICE
00-S311-37 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Feb. 22, 2000 p. 20-55
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
LYONS,
JAMES R. (Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, USDA)
DOMBECK, MICHAEL P. (Chief, Forest Service)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Review of environmental
benefits associated with roadless areas protection initiative;
status of roadless areas protection program implementation;
response to concerns about Administration efforts to limit road construction in
roadless areas.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Natl forests roadless areas protection
initiative, review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
00-S311-37 TESTIMONY NO: 2 Mar. 30, 2000 p. 61-74
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
RACICOT,
MARC (Governor, Montana)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Need for increased Federal-State cooperation in
roadless areas protection initiative implementation.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Natl forests roadless
areas protection initiative, review
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
MONTANA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE; FEDERAL-STATE
RELATIONS
00-S311-37 TESTIMONY NO: 3
Mar. 30, 2000 p. 78-107
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
FRAMPTON, GEORGE T., JR. (Acting Chair, CEQ)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Importance of
environmental protection afforded by roadless areas in national
forests; support for Administration roadless areas protection
initiative; justification of CEQ and Forest Service efforts to implement
roadless areas program.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Natl forests roadless areas protection
initiative, review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FEDERAL INTERAGENCY
RELATIONS
LOAD-DATE: July 6, 2001 
