Noxious Weeds and Plant Pests Field Hearing

Saturday, May 8, 1999
9:00 in Nampa, Idaho

Opening Statement by Chairman Larry E. Craig
Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, & Rural Revitalization

        Panel I

Pat Takasugi
Director
Idaho Department of Agriculture

The Honorable John A. Stevenson
Committee on Agriculture
Idaho House of Representatives

Glen Secrist
Bureau Chief, Bureau of Vegetation Management
ID Dept. of Agriculture

Jerry Asher
Specialist, Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Dept. of the Interior

            Panel III

Peter Rice
Research Associate, University of Montana

Carl Crabtree
President, Idaho Weed Control Association

Pam Hutchinson
American Cyanamid Company

Scott Bedke
Idaho Cattle Association

There will be a short comment period following the third panel.  People wishing to speak should sign up at the beginning of the hearing on a first come first serve basis.  We will hear from as many people as time allows.