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<br />. . . . . -; Darren Samuelsolm Fort Brown; Brownsville, 'Texas, The legislative hearing
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<br />,:1be House Resources'Subcommittee on Water and F~rest Servlce:lea'derS. :::.... '. ~.;:. . .
<br />Power will h'olci a' pair o,f field heanngs in BrowDsville, t~" d-Iscu' ~.. a' g" .e' . nc'y. ;5' '.:c...U' "tU' 'r' .e"~. .~. ". ..
<br />Texas. on Friday aimed. at 'addressing w~Ys to stave off- !
<br />10oming'water'shortageS thaf'arC.thrCatening.the lower :. ...'.. '.- '~:'. .~: .::. '. .:' ..~"I:~"" ".
<br />Rio Grand~ 'River'dut to rapid Population groWth.' :The top three clecisionmakers in the Forest .Service
<br />will go before a fiou$e panel Wednesday for a broad . .
<br />. Because of a decade-long drought and ever-increasing discussion about. the cu~t and future p~lici~ of tbe
<br />wateruse.'caused in' part by nc"," proSperity. along the, ag~ncy... . ..' ....... '.': r'. ;,:;.._. ".
<br />border,' the Rio'G~de.no longer taches the Gulf of . .
<br />Mexico,'SIOpping about 100 yards s~y. ADd the area's. . ; Agriculture Department Secretaly'Ann Veneman." '.
<br />bur'geonin~ 'growth rite threatens to fwther exacerbate USDA Undersecretary for Natural ~sources Mark Rey
<br />the problem, with Ihe population projected to double by. . ancJ Foresr Service Chief Dale Bosworth will appear'
<br />2050, '. . '. . . before the House Resources Committee to discuss a wide
<br />. : _' . . . . .' Tadge of issues, according 19 a committee aide.
<br />Further compounding the shortage is 'a treaty dispute ReSources Chaiiman Jim Hansen (R-Urah) 'is panicularly
<br />bet\\'een the United States and Mexico. The water- interested in the maner, fhe aide said; "
<br />sharing treaty calls for Mexico to pay back about 1.4: . .
<br />million acre-feet borrowed from Texas since 1944, but .:The committee will examine the ~urrent P9licies and
<br />the Mexican state of Chihuahua says it does not have the t\ll'!Jre direction of the' agency, likely diseussmg charter
<br />walcr to pay back the treaty. · forests, the roadless rule and other maners, the source
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<br />. According to a spokesman for Rep, Ruben Hinojosa . r
<br />(D-Texas), 'Vho represents a Southeastern district of . ''The concept of charter fQr~s has pi~1ced up'St~~
<br />Texas that includes the lower Rio Grande, the hearing recently in the Resources Committee. Last wCek. the
<br />will cover several issues related to. the drought, including forests subcomminee held. a hearing about existing
<br />the rrcary, aquatic weeds and water-:use efficiency_. chitter forest pilot projects, testing the waters for a
<br />Although the witness list has not yet been nailed down,' pollsible legislative proPQsaI. Generally, charter forests
<br />spokesman John WinD said rePresentatives of local involve alternative management schemes for national
<br />stakeholders and federal agencies ~ould be present. forests, which are increasingly hampered by what
<br />. '., . . ,. '. . B09V(orth refers to as ~'analysis p&nllysis," or .
<br />Following the oversight hearing on the water shortage management gridlock. Subcommittee Chairman Scott
<br />in the lower Rio Grande;there yrill be a legislative hearing Mc'Innis (R-Colo.) and Rq:;:'Toiii'Ud311 (D-N.M.)' '.
<br />on a bill introduced by Hinojosa that would add. 14 water contacted the agency. in November about clwTer pilot
<br />conseryatio.n projects to'a li&t.o~:fi~~.~jec~ thatwere.. pro)eC[s::And in the adMinistration's fY 103 budget.
<br />authonzed ID 2000.. H.R. '29.90, a bill amendmg.the Lower proposal, USDA briefly mentioned ~Jans to have forestS
<br />Rio.9rande Yaney Warer Resoul'Ces Conservation and ~cadministered outside the Forest Service structure" by "I .
<br />Improvement Act of 2000, would authorize funds for the locallXUst entity" in an attempt to ma1ce the agency 1Q0re .
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