ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
              HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES                                                                            
                         March 26, 2001                                                                                         
                           5:06 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PRESENTATION ON LIDAR TECHNOLOGY BY:  TIM VEENSTRA, AIRBORNE                                                                    
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-13, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
REPRESENTATIVE  PEGGY  WILSON,  Co-Chair  of  the  House  Special                                                               
Committee on Fisheries called the meeting to order at 5:06 p.m.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                              
Committee members  present were Representatives  Wilson, Stevens,                                                               
Scalzi, Dyson, Coghill, and Kerttula.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
TIM VEENSTRA,  Airborne Technologies Inc., presented  an overview                                                               
of  Airborne  LIDAR [Light  Detection  and  Ranging] and  digital                                                               
imagers and the  use of this technology  for fisheries management                                                               
and research.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                              
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                              
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR WILSON  called for an at-ease  at 5:55 p.m. in  order to                                                               
hear HB 194.  [The minutes for HB  194 are found in the 5:58 p.m.                                                               
minutes for the same date.]                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE: The  meeting was  recorded and  handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska  99801  (mailing address),  (907)  465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.