Ohio Ag Connection - Roberts, Stabenow Announce Conservation, Forestry Witnesses

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Roberts, Stabenow Announce Conservation, Forestry Witnesses
Ohio Ag Connection - 06/26/2017

U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., announced witnesses for the Committee's upcoming hearing on conservation and forestry.

The "Conservation and Forestry: Perspectives on the Past and Future Direction for the 2018 Farm Bill" hearing, set for June 29 beginning at 9:30 a.m. in 216 Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., will include:

Panel I

- Tom Tidwell, Chief, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

- Jimmy Bramblett , Deputy Chief, Programs, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

- Misty Jones, Director, Conservation and Environmental Programs Division, Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

- Steven Horning, Horning Farms, Watertown, S.D.

- Paul D. Dees, Chairman, Delta Wildlife, Stoneville, Miss.

- Barb Downey, Downey Ranch, Wamego, Kan.

- Adam Sharp, Executive Vice President, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Columbus, Ohio

- Dr. Salem Saloom, Tree Farmer and Owner, Saloom Properties, Brewton, Ala.

- Chuck Roady, Vice President and General Manager, F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Company, Columbia Falls, Mont.

- Dr. Christopher Topik, Director of North America Forest Restoration, North America Region, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Va.

The hearing will be webcast live on ag.senate.gov.

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