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Full Committee Hearing: Costs of wildfire suppression
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
10:00 AM
Energy Committee Hearing Room - SD-366
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The purpose of the hearing is to consider the status of Federal land management agencies’ efforts to contain the costs of their wildfire suppression activities and to consider recent independent reviews of and recommendations for those efforts.


Majority Statements
No Statements Posted
Minority Statements
No Statements Posted

Witnesses

Panel 1
Honorable Mark Rey, Natural Resources and the Environment: Department of Agriculture
Hon. Nina Rose Hatfield - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior
Honorable Phyllis Fong - Inspector General, Department of Agriculture

Panel 2
Dr. Bruce McDowell - Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration
James Caswell - Co-Chair, Strategic Issues Panel on Fire Supression Costs of the Wildland Fire Leadership Council
Mr. Kirk Rowdabaugh - State Forester, State of Arizona