ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OVERSIGHT HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESOURCE PROTECTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JULY 20, 21, 22, AND 28, 1977 SERIAL NO. 95-H33 Printed for the use of the Committee on Environment and Public Works COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia, Chairman EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine WENDELL R. ANDERSON. Minnesota ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont JOHN W. YAGO, Jr., Staff Director LEON G. BILLINGS and HAROLD H. BRAYMAN (Minority), PHILIP T. CUMMINGS, RICHARD M. HARRIS, RICHARD E. HEROD (Minority), and Professional and research staff: KARL R. BRAITHWAITE, PAUL CHIMES, E. KEVIN CORNELL, SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESOURCE PROTECTION JOHN C. CULVER, Iowa, Chairman EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine MALCOLM WALLOP, Wyoming (II) CONTENTS OPENING STATEMENTS Baker, Hon. Howard H., Jr., U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee____ 8 133 Edwards, Stephen, executive secretary, Association of Systematics Gehringer, Jack W., deputy director, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, accompanied by Robert Gorrell, program spe- cialist, Endangered Species Program, National Marine Fisheries and Lynn A. Greenwalt, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, accompanied by Keith Schreiner, Associate Director for Federal Assistance, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Jenkins, Robert, vice president for science, the Nature Conservancy - Raney, Edward, president, Ichthylogical Associates, Inc., and professor of 133 Warren, Charles, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality, accom- panied by Marion Eddy, nominee to the Council on Environmental Bridges. Benjamin, attorney for the Cherokee Indians___ Canfield, Monte. Jr., Director, Energy and Minerals Division, General Accounting Office, accompanied by David Cahalen, Assistant Director; Daniel Spengler, supervisory management analyst, and Donald Howard, project manager, Atlanta Regional Office____ Chapman, Jefferson, research assistant professor. Tellico Archeological |