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Testimony of Trout Unlimited 



before the 



U.S. House of Representatives 

 Natural Resources Committee 



Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands 



at a Hearing on 



the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service 



Land Management Practices 



and Their Effects on Watersheds and Fish 



Prepared by 

 Ray J. White, Science Advisor 



March 11, 1993 



My name is Ray J. White. I am an independent stream habitat 

 consultant in Edmonds, Washington, near Seattle. I am retired 

 from Montana State University but remain on its adjunct faculty. 

 My experience in assessing and restoring salmonid habitat covers 

 35 years, as a biologist in charge of evaluating Wisconsin's 

 stream habitat management, as a visiting scientist in Europe, as 

 a professor at two universities, and in consulting on many 

 streams. I serve on Trout Unlimited 's volunteer Board of 

 Scientific Advisors and appear today on behalf of that 

 organization and its 70,000 members nationwide. I also work with 

 other fishery and conservation groups in the Pacific Northwest, 

 and sit on the executive committee of a coalition of 35 

 organizations working to salvage the dwindling salmon resource. 

 From close professional association with USFS and BLM scientists 

 and managers, I have some understanding of their missions and of 



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