There was a good turnout of pro-Endangered Species people in Vancouver
at the House Natural Resources Committee hearings today. About 300 from
each side were admitted to the hearing and there were at least 300 more
pro-ESA people outside (including me, though I finally did get in for
an hour late in the hearings....). 5 of 22 'selected' speakers were
pro-ESA. It was interesting to watch the legislative 'process' being
used to support a particular position. Incidently, no Democratic
members of the Natural Resources Committee were there (boycotting the
hearings?) so all the questioning was from a unified perspective.
I have heard that the Senate ESA hearings will be held sometime the
later part of May in either (get this) Casper, Wyoming, Boise, Idaho,
or Roseburg, Oregon.
Brenda Senturia