Summary: The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, National Parks Subcommittee held a field hearing today to consider climate change impacts on national parks in Colorado and related management activities.

The following witnesses were invited to testify:

• Dr. Herbert C. Frost – Associate Director for Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, National Park Service
• Alice Madden – Climate Change Coordinator, Office of the Governor, Denver, Colorado
• Stephen Saunders – President, The Rocky Mountain Climate Organization
• Dr. David Schimel – Senior Scientist , National Center for Atmospheric Research

More Information: More information on the hearing is at http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=f137053b-01c2-9600-daa0-120c519d6b24

Contact: (202) 224-4971

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