Congressional Oversight Hearings March 13

The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will hold an oversight hearing on "The Impacts of Unmanaged Off-Road Vehicles on Federal Land this Thursday, March 13th at 2:00 PM eastern time.  The committee will hear testimony about the impacts that ATVs, dirt bikes, and other off-road vehicles have on communities, tribes, and private property owners among others. The committee will explore how the federal government’s failure to manage off-road vehicles is causing hardship to real people and communities, and continuing enforcement problems. 

Speakers include agency staff, physicians who treat injured ATV riders, former law enforcement officers, private property owners and others.  The hearing will be available on a live webcase at: http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/.

We'll post commentary on the hearing on Thursday or Friday.