The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1248 on Sept. 24, 2007.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ON WILDFIRE ACTIVITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine scientific assessments of the impacts of global climate change on wildfire activity in the United States, after receiving testimony from Ann Bartuska, Deputy Chief, Research and Development, and Susan Conard, National Program Leader, Fire Ecology Research, both of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Thomas W. Swetnam, University of Arizona, Tucson; and John A. Helms, University of California Department of Forestry and Resource Management, Berkeley, on behalf of the Society of American Foresters.
