Share |

Subcommittee Hearing on
"Why We Should Care About Bats: Devastating Impact White-Nose Syndrome is Having on One of Nature’s Best Pest Controllers"

On June 24, 2011, the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs (of the Committee on Natural Resources) held an oversight hearing: "Why We Should Care About Bats: Devastating Impact White-Nose Syndrome is Having on One of Nature's Best Pest Controllers"

Hearing Room, 1324 Longworth Office Building

Opening Statement:
Chairman Representative John Fleming (R-LA)

Other Subcommittee Members Present:
Steve Southerland (R-FL)
Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam)
Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa)

Witnesses and testimony:
[Click on the name to read the full testimony that was presented to subcommittee members the day before the hearing.]

Dr. Gabriela Chavarria
Science Advisor to the Director
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Accompanied By:
Dr. David Blehert
Microbiologist, National Wildlife Health Center
U.S. Geological Society

L-R: Dr. David Blehert (USGS), Dr. Gabriela Chavarria (USFWS), Jim Peña (USFS), Dr. Jonathan Gassett (KY Dept of Fish and Wildlife Resources), Nina Fascione (BCI), Peter Youngbaer (NSS), Dr. Justin Boyles (Univ TN)

Mr. Jim Peña
Associate Deputy Chief
U.S. Forest Service

Dr. Jonathan Gassett
Commissioner
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

Ms. Nina Fascione
Executive Director
Bat Conservation International

Mr. Peter Youngbaer
White-Nose Syndrome Liaison
National Speleological Society

Dr. Justin Boyles
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Tennessee

Watch the video of the full hearing.

Visit the Committee’s Web site.

Cheryl Jones' Picasa slide show of the event.

NSS Home  WNS Page