STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3136

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 446

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 446, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Natural Area Reserve System Commission

 

G.M. No. 446

MARIE M. BRUEGMANN,

for a term to expire 6-30-2014,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statements of the nominee, and finds Marie M. Bruegmann to have the necessary qualifications for the Natural Area Reserve System Commission.

 

     Testimony in support of the nomination was submitted by one state agency.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

Ms. Bruegmann is nominated to the Natural Area Reserve System Commission as a member possessing scientific qualifications in the field of botany.  She received her Bachelor's degree in Botany at the University of Michigan, her Master's degree in Botany at the University of Hawaii, and completed a summer post-graduate session in Tropical Ecology at the Universidad de Costa Rica.  Ms. Bruegmann is presently employed as the Plant Recovery Coordinator for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.  She oversees all aspects of plant recovery in Hawaii and the Pacific, and serves as the principal contact and liaison for other agencies, organizations, native Hawaiian and Pacific Island groups, private interest groups, and the public to develop and implement recovery programs to further the conservation and management of Hawaiian and Pacific plants.  She has authored or co-authored more than eighty-five papers and reports in the field botany. 

 

Given the role and responsibilities of the Natural Area Reserve System Commission, Ms. Bruegmann believes her professional experience will aid in her decision making.  She participates in or chairs several strategic conservation efforts, including the Hawaii and Pacific Plant Recovery Coordinating Committee, the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group, and the implementation team for a Section 7 consultation with the United States Army for thirty endangered species.  She is also a member of the Center for Plant Conservation's Science Advisory Council and the Science Advisory Group of the Hawaiian Silversword Foundation.  She has more than twenty years experience with the Natural Area Reserve System Commission.  In the late 1980's when she worked at The Nature Conservancy, she participated in surveys and developed management plans for all of the existing Natural Area Reserves.  Your Committee looks forward to Ms. Bruegmann contributing her experience and expertise to the service of the Natural Area Reserve System Commission. 

 

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

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair