COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GEORGE MILLER, California, Chairman PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii CALVIN M. DOOLEY, California CARLOS ROMERO-BARCELÓ, Puerto Rico KARAN ENGLISH, Arizona KAREN SHEPHERD, Utah NATHAN DEAL, Georgia MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Guam HOWARD L. BERMAN, California LANE EVANS, Illinois PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii THOMAS J. BARLOW III, Kentucky THOMAS M. BARRETT, Wisconsin DON YOUNG, Alaska, Ranking Republican Member JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California JOHN LAWRENCE, Staff Director RICHARD MELTZER, General Counsel DANIEL VAL KISH, Republican Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota, Chairman ALLEN FREEMYER, Republican Counsel on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands (II) Hon. Bill Orton, a Representative in Congress from the State of Utah Pete T. Cenarrusa, Secretary of State, State of Idaho Barbara Hjelle, Utah Association of Counties ...... David J. Simon, National Parks and Conservation Association Cynthia Shogan, Washington Representative, Southern Utah Wilder- George Lea, President, Public Lands Foundation, McLean, Virginia Cathy Carlson, Legislative Representative, Public Lands and Energy Jim Magagna, Wyoming rancher and immediate past-president, American Sheep Industry Association, and past-president, Public David L. Hook, Director/Legislative Liaison, United Four Wheel State of Alaska: Prepared statement of Lt. Governor John B. Coghill 120 Hon. Robert F. (Bob) Smith, a Representative in Congress from the 145 Additional material submitted for the record from: Hon. Karen Shepherd, a Representative in Congress from the State of |