International Authority for Secretary of the Interior and Historic Preservation Council

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman

JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio
JAMES WEAVER, Oregon
GEORGE MILLER, California
PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania
NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia
BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota
JERRY HUCKABY, Louisiana
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan
TONY COELHO, California
BEVERLY B. BYRON, Maryland
RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands
SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut
PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania
JIM MOODY, Wisconsin

ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
RICHARD H. LEHMAN, California
BILL RICHARDSON, New Mexico
FOFO I.F. SUNIA, American Samoa
GEORGE (BUDDY) DARDEN, Georgia
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
JAIME B. FUSTER, Puerto Rico
MEL LEVINE, California

STANLEY SCOVILLE, Staff Director and Counsel
ROY JONES, Associate Staff Director and Counsel
LEE MCELVAIN, General Counsel
RICHARD A. AGNEW, Chief Minority Counsel

NOTE.-The first listed minority member is counterpart to the subcommittee chairman.

Brady, Nyle C., Senior Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Science and
Technology, U.S. Agency for International Development

Buckman, Hon. Robert E., Deputy Chief for Research, Forest Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture.....

47, 248

32, 228

Fowler, John, Deputy Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation.

43, 245

Long, Bill L., Director, Office of Food and Natural Resources, Department

of State..

52, 270

Montoya, Hon. Richard T., Assistant Secretary for Territorial and Inter-
national Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior.......

.4, 123

Panel consisting of:

David Hales, Samuel Trask Dana professor, School of Natural Re-

sources, University of Michigan.

66, 311

Curtis (Buff) Bohlen, senior vice president, World Wildlife Fund....... 70, 319

Panel consisting of:

Michael Bean, chairman, Wildlife Programs, Environmental Defense

Fund

74, 326

Faith Campbell, representing the Natural Resources Defense

Council

Cameron Sanders, consultant, International Union for Conservation

of Nature and Natural Resources

75,332

77, 339

Ann Webster-Smith, vice president, International Council of Monu-
ments and Sites......

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1986

Statements:

Panel consisting of:

Hon. Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary for Territorial and

International Affairs..

Hon. John Fowler, Acting Executive Director, Advisory Council on
Historic Prevention

Panel consisting of:

96, 410

Terry Morton, chairperson, U.S. Committee of the International

Council of Monuments and Sites.......

110, 420

Robert Garvey, Jr., former Executive Director, Advisory Council on

Historic Preservation..

112

Stephen S. Halsey, president, American Express Foundation..........

113

Panel consisting of:

Curtis (Buff) Bohlen, senior vice president, World Wildlife Fund...........

Paul C. Pritchard, president, National Parks and Conservation

Association

Larry Williams, international representative, Sierra Club..

APPENDIX I

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1985

Additional material submitted for the hearing from:

U.S. Department of the Interior:

1. Prepared statement of Hon. Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary

for Territorial and International Affairs.

2. Prepared statement of Hon. Robert C. Horton, Director, Bureau of

Mines.....

3. Prepared statement of Hon. Len Richeson, Special Assistant to the

Director for Program Operations, Office of Surface Mining..

4. Prepared statement of Hon. Sammie D. Guy, Chief, Division of For-

eign Activities, Bureau of Reclamation.

5. Attachment A: List of major Bureau of Reclamation Overseas Projects

for which work has been completed......

166

6. Prepared statement of Hon. Bruce B. Hanshaw, Assistant Director for

Research, U.S. Geological Survey.

7. Attachment B: A list of international scientific activities conducted by

the U.S. Geological Survey in 1985, listed by country or region.......

8. Prepared statement of Hon. Robert C. Milne, Chief, Office of Interna-

tional Affairs, National Park Service.......

169

177

181

9. Prepared statement of Hon. Lawrence N. Mason, Chief, Office of

International Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.....

188

10. Prepared statement of Hon. Arnold E. Petty, Deputy Director for

Administration, Bureau of Land Management...

218

11. Prepared statement of Hon. John B. Rigg, Associate Director for

Offshore Minerals, Office of Minerals Management Service...

224

1. Prepared statement of Hon. Robert E. Buckman, Deputy Chief for

Research, Forest Service.

228

U.S. Department of Agriculture:

2. Letter from Robert E. Buckman, Deputy Chief for Research, to Chair-

man Seiberling, dated October 22, 1985, transmitting responses to

questions raised at the hearing of October 8, 1985.

Advisory Council_on Historic Preservation: Prepared statement of John

Fowler, Deputy Executive Director

U.S. Agency for International Development:

1. Prepared statement of Dr. Nyle C. Brady, Senior Assistant Adminis-

trator for Science and Technology

243

245

248

2. Letter from the Department to Chairman Seiberling, dated January

13, 1986, responding to followup questions regarding the hearing of

October 8, 1985.....

256

Department of State:

2. Letter from Chairman Seiberling to Bill Long, Director, Office of Food

and Natural Resources, dated November 13, 1985, enclosing followup

questions to be responded to in writing

1. Prepared Statement of Hon. Bill L. Long, Director, Office of Food and

Natural Resources.

270

292

3. Letter from State Department to Chairman Seiberling, dated Decem-

ber 10, 1985, transmitting responses to the questions in your letter of

November 13, 1985....

294

4. List of programs to be supported within U.S. strategy on tropical

forest management.......

308

University of Michigan: Prepared statement of David Hales, Samuel Trask

Dana professor, School of Natural Resources...

311

World Wildlife Fund: Prepared statement of Curtis (Buff) Bohlen, senior vice

president

319

Environmental Defense Fund and National Audubon Society: Prepared state-

ment of Michael Bean, spokesman

326

Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club: Prepared statement of

Faith Campbell, spokesperson.

332

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: Pre-

pared statement of Cameron Sanders, consultant....

International Council on Monuments and Sites: Prepared statement of Terry

B. Morton, chairman

Additional statements and correspondence were also received from:

National Parks and Conservation Association: Prepared statement of Paul C.

Pritchard, president......

Jim Birchfield: Prepared statement..

Commonwealth of Virginia: Letter from Paul N. Perrot, director, Virginia

Museum of Fine Arts, to Chairman Seiberling, dated October 11, 1985,

urging Congress to continue to support such activities as ICCROM......

U.S. Department of the Interior: Responses to followup questions submitted in

Chairman Seiberling's letter of November 13, 1985..

(EDITOR'S NOTE.-Document entitled "A Report to Congress on Implementation of
the Western Hemisphere Convention" may be found in the committee's files of
today's hearing.)

APPENDIX II

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1986

Additional material submitted for the hearing record from:

U.S. Department of the Interior:

1. Prepared statement of Hon. Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary

for Territorial and International Affairs...

410

2. Executive Order 12114 of January 4, 1979.

U.S. Committee of the International Council of Monuments and Sites: Pre-

pared statement of Terry Morton, chairperson.....

417

420