i've been to yellow stone, yosemite, other ones, too. you come here and try to look at documents, books and things i pretty much had. but they can find this kind of material. and also, to check with them, even today before we were talking, i was asking them, they have the up to date numbers here on species i'm writing about. for example, it's a louisiana -- behind us, a louisiana black bear, or a louisiana bear. it's a subspecies of black bear. and it's almost extinct. there are only 200-some left in the region of louisiana, mississippi, arkansas. there are only 250 approximately left in the united states. >> and that are alive. >> alive. that's it. we're about to lose the louisiana black bear. only 250 alive. but here at u.s. fish & wildlife, they're going down to louisiana creating reserves for them. the people of ra -- louisiana who used to hunt them, including theodore roosevelt, they want to save the louisiana black bear. people are very proud now with their bear history. william faulkner famously wrote the short story, the bear abo

. >> come here or other places, at yosemite and to have do -- documents and books. and to check with them, they have the up-to-date numbers on species. for example the louisiana bear, it's a sub-species of black bear. and it's almost extinct, there are only 200 left in arkansas. and bear people only know, but there are 250 left in the united states. >> that are alive? >> alive. that's it. we are about to lose the louisiana black bear, only 250 down. but here at the fish and wildlife, they are creating reserves for them. and the people in louisiana, they want to save the louisiana black bear. the people are proud of their bear history. william fauker of mississippi wrote the short story of a bear modeled on holt collier, there are legendary bear people in the delta. but mass overculture, overhunting and harvesting, and killing bears because they are considered predators. we almost destroyed them. but t.r. wrote about the river region in great details. so i had what t.r. wrote but for my book, i needed to know what the black bear populations were back then and today.

who was the great grand canyon champion blue was the great yosemite champion? then i bring them into the store. so i'm dealing with two time lines and then a cast of characters. >> where do you put it? is it on cards or pieces of paper? >> notebook after notebook, note cards, a yellow legal pads, spiral notebooks. output boxes by states for these. i also wanted a diversity, so i wanted devil's tower in wyoming, so i wanted to make sure i had a devil's tower box. if you went to the big horns in montana or wyoming, when he was a young man, so maybe arrange it in different ways. kaai'm terribly influenced by my environment where i am. the places i went to are the ones i wanted to write about and i collected everything. i want everything i can get on the painted desert or on the petrified forest. roosevelt saved the petrified forest in arizona. >> how do you insure your manuscript is accurate? >> it's hard. always that the new worry about the most. if you're going to have a mistake in the book and you're about to -- somebody will e-mail you or write your letter usu

then he went to yosemite. so the president and john spent three days in the wild, camping under redwood trees. roosevelt thought the redwoods were our great cathedrals. they slept in a snowstorm without a tent. roosevelt's, with his enthusiasm, "to the greatest day i have ever spent in my life freezing in a snowstorm with john." john was more about in this. he would talk more about the plant. roosevelt was out there looking at the birds. they had a friendly competition. roosevelt thought john was one of our great figures. roosevelt was a hunter conservationist. jon scott only in extreme cases of congress should you shoot an animal. roosevelt thought that was nonsense, that you had to constantly -- that hunters with a great conservationists. john one time asked him whether you going to give that boy is hunting think of? roosevelt said, i know that i should. but he didn't. he ended up going on to africa and to brazil collecting for science and getting sustenance. before dna or radar, the way that the ornithologi

he would call these places like wind cave or yosemite or mesa verde national club which he created. they're training people how to be conservationists in west virginia. >> if you look around and all of these banners hanging in this room have locations that he was involved in. >> he saved these. >> again, at the time do you think, he left when he was 51 years old and he was president, he didn't live beyond 60. do you think at the time they would be that important that all these years later this kind of thing would be basically celebrated in history? >> he would be pleased. but remember, because of our time limits, i can't get into it in a microwave a specialist, but there is -- >> you might want to buy the book then? >> well, people talk about the bull moose in theodore roosevelt, the bull moose party in american history. remember, roosevelt leaves 100 years ago in 1909, in march of 1909 he leaves the white house. in the last weeks, he put bird reserves and monuments everywhere. mount owe lip pus he saved at the last minute using executive orders. this was no lame duck president t.r.

of the going to the sun road in montana's glacier national park and rehabilitation of roadways in yosemite national park in california. the recovery act is working for america. every new project we obligate is a signal for states to advertise contracts and for contractors to hire workers and ordered materials like steel, asphalt and concrete '. we're making investments in projects that will save lives. we're making investments in our highway system that will help it operate more efficiently and effectively while moving people and goods we need to keep our economy healthy. it is not only important to get the money out quickly, we must get it out in the right way. the agency continues to focus on reporting and management of the risks associated withh

the yosemite international will create jobs next month when work begins on the 2. $2 million project to reconstruct taxiways. the recovery act also exempted present activity funds with the at minimum tax airports rely on bonds to finance the infrastructure and safety projects part of the bond market dried up and mrs. changing the aspect the international airport at miami-dade has sold that for the new terminal project the washington airports authority sold bonds for a six year capital construction program. in terms of the infrastructure there is no doubt the amt provision is stimulating impact on short and long term projects. the 1.$2 million project days 1.$2 billion appropriate for our airports at the american recovery and reinvestment act and amt relieved creating much-needed jobs across the country while investing in infrastructure necessary to address the safe and efficient aviation system. i think you. >> mr. keating? >> representitive edwards my name is john keating and i am president and chief operating officer of oldcastle materials east program testifying on behalf of them

was accelerated from two years 21 year in a project move forward by a full year and in the fresno yosemite area project which was completed in half of the year instead of two years and another move forward by yet another two years and i imagine the construction had a beneficial effect keeping project cost of so i wonder if you can comment on that and also what airports are doing to replenish the pipeline of planned projects? >> yes. the acceleration or making a two-year project a one-year project save significant amounts of money with mobilization with shutdowns in the northern tier locations where you have to shut down in the wintertime sell any time you can shorten the construction period on the airfield is significantly decrease costs but also increase safety levels just because if you have multiple construction projects any time you have a current -- aircraft there is a component that goes into that so if you can reduce the safety or exposure to the shortened project time everybody wins. from the project off the shelf, like any other ever structure operator like the airport, people exp

who was the champion of yosemite, etc. i try to bring them into the story. i'm dealing with two time lines and then a cast of characters. >> where do you put it? on cards? >> sheets of paper. notebook after notebook. not cards. yellow legal pads. spiral note books. i put boxes by states for this book. i also wanted a diversity so i want a devil's tower in wisconsin. i had a devil's tower box. well, he went to the big horns out in montana and wisconsin when he was a young man -- and wyoming when he was a young man, so i think in terms of -- maybe more than most humans, i think in terms of geographical place, i'm terribly influenced by my environment where i'm at. the places i went to are the ones i wanted to write about. i want everything i can get. the painted desert or on the petrified forest. roosevelt saved the petrified forest national park in arizona. >> so you're finished with your manuscript. how do you ensure it's accurate? >> hard. it's always the thing you worry about the most. i get ill that if you're going to have a mistake in your book, and you'

into the sun road in montana's glacier national park, and the rehabilitation of roadways within yosemitetional park in california. the recovery act is working for america. every new project we obligate is a signal for state to advertise contracts and for contractors to begin hiring workers and ordering materials like steel, asphalt and concrete. we are making investments in projects that will save lives. we are making investment in our highway system that will help it operate more efficiently and effectively while moving to people and goods we need to keep the economy healthy. it is not only important to get the money out quickly, we must get it out in the right way. the agency continues to focus on reporting and management of the risks associated with such a large investment of dollars in transportation. the public needs to know what their money is buying, and the fhwa has moved forward aggressively to fulfill the president's commitment to transparency and accountability. i recovery act progress is on the front page of our website and is updated every day. we are providing detailed repo

the fresno yosemite airport national will create jobs when work begins on a $2.2 million project to reconstruct to 19 taxiways. the recovery and to send a private activity bonds from the alternative minimum tax. airports rely on bonds to finance 53 percent of their capital needs for safety, security and infrastructure projects. last august the bond market dried up in this change, the metropolitan national airport in miami dade airport have sold bonds for internal projects and metropolitan washington airports authority sold bonds to assist capital construction program. in terms of airport infrastructure there is no doubt the amt provision is stimulating impact on short and long term projects. in closing the $1.2 million project -- $1.2 billion appropriated for airports in the american recovery and reinvestment act and the amt relief is treating much needed jobs across the country. while investing in infrastructure necessary to address the future of a safe and efficient aviation system. thank you. >> thank-you, mr. penrod. mr. keating. >> thank you, representative edwards in committee, my name is

as an example, yosemite, $3.6 million, reduction is the equivalent of closing 75 national park units. many visitors would find closed national parks when they vacation or on educational trips, reducing the entire tourism industry and harming the economy of many communities and cities. rejects $1.2 billion for programs that received bipartisan support by cutting $721 million out of indian health care programs. this proposal would deny critically needed services to thousands of native americans. more than two million native americans would be denied inpatient and outpatient services and 4,000 cancer screenings would be eliminated. takes $90 million out of the indian education program leaving indian children without education programs. reduces overall funding for firefighting at a time when we are facing another dangerous wildfire season. many small fires would escape initial attack leaving more large wildfires that harm watersheds and cost far more money in recovery costs. cuts 1,700 firefighters, shuts down 50 firefighter stations and significantly reduces air tanker support. december