The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, led by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), and Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a joint oversight hearing on "White-Nose Syndrome: What's Killing Bats in the Northeast?"




Subject:
House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
Joint Oversight Hearing on "White-Nose Syndrome: What's Killing Bats in the Northeast?"

When:
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:

Panel 1

Marvin Moriarty
Northeast Regional Director
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Department of the Interior

Joel Holtrop
Deputy Chief
National Forest System
United States Department of Agriculture

Panel 2

Merlin D. Tuttle, Ph.D.
President and Founder
Bat Conservation International

Scott Darling
Wildlife Biologist
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department

Peter Youngbaer
White Nose Syndrome Liaison
National Speleological Society

Thomas Kunz, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology
Professor of BiologyBoston University

Opening Statement:
Chairwoman Madeleine Bordallo

Opening Statement:
Chairman Raul Grijalva