BRC: Brc To Testify Before Senate Committee On Energy & Natural Resources

[Blue Ribbon Coalition]

Contacts

Greg Mumm, BRC Executive Director
- Phone: 208-237-1008
- Fax: 208-237-9424
- Email: brgreg@sharetrails.org
- Webpage: http://www.sharetrails.org/staff/#GregM

Date: 06/03/2008

POCATELLO, ID (June 3)--Greg Mumm, Executive Director for the BlueRibbon Coalition, was recently invited to testify in front of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

The BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC), a leading advocate for responsible management of recreation on public lands, was invited in a formal letter by Senator Jeff Bingaman--Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy--to testify at the committee hearing. "The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony regarding off-highway vehicle management on public lands," stated Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) in his letter.

"I am honored to have received the invitation to speak before the Senate Committee," said Mumm. "This is an important time for access interests, and this is a tremendous opportunity for the BlueRibbon Coalition to ensure that the enthusiast voice is heard in Washington, D.C."

The Committee's hearing is scheduled for Thursday, June 5, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

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The BlueRibbon Coalition is a national recreation group that champions responsible use of public and private lands, and encourages individual environmental stewardship. It represents over 10,000 individual members and 1,200 organization and business members, for a combined total of over 600,000 recreationists nationwide. 1-800-258-3742. www.sharetrails.org





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