Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, Energy and Environment, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 161, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

begs leave to report as follows:

Upon review of the testimony and the statements submitted by the nominee, your Committee finds that Jobriath L. Rohrer has the necessary character, experience, and qualifications to serve on the Endangered Species Recovery Committee.

Testimony in support of the nominee was received by the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter.

Jobriath L. Rohrer has worked in the Army Ecosystem Management Program on Oahu for the past five years in the areas of conservation, management, and restoration of threatened and endangered species and native ecosystems. His work with the Army has concentrated on management and restoration of Army Training lands and has provided him with valuable experience in field applications of conservation techniques. Mr. Rohrer has field experience in an integrated program of predator, weed, and feral ungulate control combined with active reforestation and outplanting programs of native and endangered plants in the restoration of native ecosystems on Army lands. He is also a member of, and worked closely with, resource agency and community members of the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group, the Toxicant Working Group, Oahu Invasive Species Committee, and the Waianae Feral Goat Management Team. Mr. Rohrer is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, character, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.