[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20371]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                          EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

                         HONORING MARK PEARSON

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 2, 2000

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this moment to honor 
the considerable achievements of Mark Pearson. Mark recently received 
recognition at Wilderness 2000, a conference on wilderness issues, 
honoring him for his dedicated work in the wilderness field.
  Mark began the work that he is now well known for when he attended 
the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he was an active member of 
the CU Wilderness Study Group. This group studied public lands issues 
in Colorado, examining particularly important areas and then forming 
copious data into field reports. The reports that were done under 
Mark's supervision were so thorough and so well done that they soon 
became a guide of sorts for wilderness enthusiasts. Upon graduating 
from CU, Mark went on to attend Colorado State University where he 
graduated with a masters degree in Public Land Management. His 
undergraduate and masters work enabled him to become the well-respected 
wilderness expert that he is today.
  Before working with the Colorado Wilderness Network, Mark worked with 
a number of different environmental groups. He has been an active 
member of the Colorado Environmental Coalition, the Sierra Club, as 
well as working for the Wilderness Land Trust. His expertise in 
Forestry and public land management soon landed him a job with Senator 
Ben Nighthorse Campbell as a public lands staffer. His knowledge of and 
leadership on wilderness issues is now being utilized by San Juan 
Citizens Alliance, where he is currently employed.
  Mark has been a leading member of the wilderness community for over 
two decades. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the State of Colorado and the 
U.S. Congress, I would like to congratulate Mark on his well-deserved 
award.

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