Joint House Subcommittee Hearing on WNS
On June 4, 2009, the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands and the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife (of the Committee on Natural Resources) held a joint oversight hearing: "White-Nose Syndrome: What's Killing Bats in the Northeast?"
Opening Statement:
Chairwoman Madeleine BordalloOpening Statement:
Chairman Raul GrijalvaPresenting testimony were:
[Click on the panel member’s name to read the full testimony that was presented to subcommittee members the day before the hearing.]
Panel 1 [At right, David Blehert. Moriarty, Holtrop]
Marvin Moriarty
Northeast Regional Director
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Department of the InteriorJoel Holtrop
Deputy Chief
National Forest System
United States Department of Agriculture
Panel 2 [At right, Tuttle, Darling, Youngbaer, and Kunz]
Merlin D. Tuttle, Ph.D.
President and Founder
Bat Conservation InternationalScott Darling
Wildlife Biologist
Vermont Fish and Wildlife DepartmentPeter Youngbaer
White Nose Syndrome Liaison
National Speleological SocietyThomas Kunz, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology
Professor of Biology,Boston University
Watch the video of the full hearing.
You may also visit the Committee’s Web site to access the full hearing on video and in PDF documents.See also Cheryl Jones' Picasa slide show of the event.
