>From TagNet last night:
WNS testimony today -- Video online!
By: Cheryl Jones (Mclean, Virginia)
[email protected]
The testimony on WNS before the joint sub-committee* today went very
well. "Our" panel of Peter Youngbaer, Merlin Tuttle (BCI), Scott
Darling (Vermont F&W Dept.), and Tom Kunz (Boston U.) did a terrific job,
and Peter sure did the NSS proud. The NSS received kudos from the USF&W
and USFS witnesses.
Although it would appear that with only 6 or 7 sub-committee members
present the hearing was poorly attended. However the staff said that
actually attendance was excellent -- often only the chairman shows up
for hearings. The audience seating was over flowing, primarily with
congressional staff taking careful notes.
The committee members seemed quite interested, and appeared to
(eventually) grasp the situation, issues, the value of bats, and need
for research funding. Fingers crossed.
A copy of the conservation issue of the NSS News (the issue with the WNS
bat on the back cover) was distributed to the committee, and available
for attendees.
Go here to watch the video of the hearing -- I think you'll find it
pretty interesting -- and/or to read the written statements that were
presented in advance to the sub-committee members
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=27&extmo
de=view&extid=259
A take away quote: "It probably is the most serious threat to American
wildlife of the past century."
Cheryl *Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands and the
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
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