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Hearing Hearing Date: August 6, 2015 12:00 pm Uinta County Library | 701 Main St | Evanston, WY 82930

Threats to Grazing from Federal Regulatory Overreach

Subject
Threats to Grazing from Federal Regulatory Overreach
Date
August 6, 2015
Time
12:00 pm
Place
Uinta County Library | 701 Main St | Evanston, WY 82930

PURPOSE:

  • To examine the various regulatory burdens placed on the grazing industry by the federal government.

 BACKGROUND:

  • The Committee will hear from a panel of witnesses representing a variety of concerns with the federal government’s regulatory approach such as management of federal lands on which grazing occurs and impediments to staffing the workforce of grazing operations.

 

EXPECTED MEMBERS:

Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Chairman
Oversight Subcommittee on the Interior

Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT)
Chairman
Natural Resources Committee

Rep.  Mark Amodei (R-NV)
Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior

 

Note: The Field Briefing will take place at 12pm MDT on Thursday, August 6th.

Witnesses and testimonies: Demar Dahl

Commissioner
Elko County, Nevada

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Karen Budd Falen

Budd Falen Law Offices L.L.C.
Cheyenne, Wyoming

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Randy N. Parker

Chief Executive Officer
Utah Farm Bureau Federation

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Patrick O’Toole

Owner
Ladder Ranch, Savery, Wyoming

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Shaun Sims

Owner/Operator
Sims Sheep Company, Evanston, Wyoming

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