[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 24, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S752]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


                Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests.
  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at 2:30 p.m., 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 2895, to restore forest landscapes, protect old growth 
forests, and manage national forests in the eastside forests of the 
State of Oregon, and for other purposes; S. 2907, to establish a 
coordinated avalanche protection program, and for other purposes; S. 
2966 and H.R. 4474, to authorize the continued use of certain water 
diversions located on National Forest System land in the Frank Church-
River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in 
the State of Idaho, and for other purposes; and S. 2791 and H.R. 3759, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant economy-related 
contract extensions of a certain timber contracts between the Secretary 
of the Interior and timber purchasers, and for other purposes.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send it to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510-6150, 
or by email to [email protected].
  For further information, please contact Scott Miller at (202) 224-
5488 or Allison Seyferth at (202) 224-4905.

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