Klamath Bucket Brigade, KBB update July 31, 2004
 

Information You Need To Know About - House Resource Committee Hearings Testimony On The ESA + Other Mattters

 

07/30/04 -On Monday, July 26, 2004 the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research held a Field Hearing in Greeley, Colorado on  The Endangered Species Act And Its Effect on Agricultural Producers.

We would like to thank Jacob Leis from Colorado Congresswoman Musgrave's office for sending four of the witness's testimony for posting here.  On our Testimony Before the House Resource Committee and Sub Committee's On Reforming the Endangered Species Act and Other Matters Index page, you'll find a new section titled Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research - On The Endangered Species Act And Its Effect on Agricultural Producers - Field Hearing, Weld County Courthouse - Monday, July 26, 2004 - Greeley , Colorado . 

There you will find the following:

Testimony of Jim Sims , Executive Vice President, Partnership for the West  who covers Sage Grouse, private conservation efforts and needed ESA reforms.

Testimony of Dr. Alan Foutz, President of the Colorado Farm Bureau who suggests ESA reforms and speaks about the Mountain Plover, the Sage Grouse, and Wolves in Colorado.

Statement of Russell George, Executive Director, Colorado Dept of Natural Resources who writes concerning Colorado Governor Owens' take on the ESA: "endangered species issues had very little to do with the species themselves and almost everything to do with the overt restrictions and regulatory straightjacket of the Endangered Species Act."  His statement also covers Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse, Black Footed Ferret, Canada Lynx, Mountain Plover, and Native Colorado River Fish. 

Statement by Jean E. Stetson, NW Colorado Cattle Rancher whose statement contains; "Our ranching operations have experienced first-hand the burdens and the challenges of the Endangered Species Act.  In Northwest Colorado, producers are not just dealing with the impacts of a single species, but rather several species of concern.  We have the greater sage grouse, the black footed ferret, leopard frogs, endangered fish, white tailed prairie dogs and now the wolf.  Each species brings with them their own set of rules, regulations, costs, and time."