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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              SB 1597

              Senate Committee Report

              Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs

              April 13, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon adjournment

                        FOR:

                                          Fitzsimons, Blair   CEO  (Self; Texas Agricultural Land Trust), San Antonio, TX

                                          Huffman, Laura   Texas State Director, The Nature Conservancy  (The Nature

                                          Conservancy), Austin, TX

                        ON:

                                          Smith, Carter   Executive Director  (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department), Austin, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Ayres, Robert    (Self; Land Trust Alliance), Austin, TX

                                          Box, Steve   Executive director  (Self; Environmental Stewardship), Bastrop, TX

                                          Brown, Kirby   Outreach Biologist  (Self; Ducks Unlimited), Austin, TX

                                          Brown, Travis   Board Member  (Pines and prairie land trust), Lexington, TX

                                          Cofer, George    (Self) , Sabinal, TX

                                          Curtis, Linda   Director  (Self; Independent texans), Bastrop, TX

                                          Gangnes, Michele    (Self; League of independent Voters of Texas), Lexington, TX

                                          Hess, Myron    (National Wildlife Federation), Austin, TX

                                          Ice, Lauren    (Self; Save Our Springs Alliance), Austin, TX

                                          Kramer, Ken   Water Resources Chair  (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX

                                          McGarry, Mignon    (Texas wildlife association), Austin, TX

                                          Olson, Lori   Executive Director  (Self; Texas Land Trust Council), Austin, TX

                                          Small, Ed    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Turner, Robert    (Texas poultry fed), Voss, TX

                                          Weinberg, David   Executive Director  (Texas League of Conservation Voters), Austin, TX

                                          Winegarner, Josh   Director of Government Relations  (Texas Cattle Feeders Association),

                                          Amarillo, TX

                        ON:

                                          McWilliams, Alan   Asst. Deputy Director PSF Income Division  (Texas General Land

                                          Office), Austin, TX

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