Shortchanging Our Forests: How Tight Budgets and Management Decisions Can Increase the Risk of Wildfire
Subcommittee: SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
- Date
- Tuesday, November 5, 2013
- Time
- 02:30 PM
- Location
- 328A Russell Senate Office Building
- Presiding
- Sen. Bennet
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources, will convene a Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, November 5 at 2:30 p.m. EST in room 328 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The hearing, “Shortchanging Our Forests: How Tight Budgets and Management Decisions Can Increase the Risk of Wildfire,” will feature testimony from local Colorado business representatives from wildfire-affected areas. Jim Hubbard, the Deputy Chief of the U.S. Forest Service and former Colorado State Forester from 1984-2004, will also testify.
A live webcast of the hearing can be viewed on the Committee’s website at http://ag.senate.gov.
Witnesses
Panel I
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Mr.
Jim
Hubbard
Deputy ChiefU.S. Forest ServiceWashington , DC
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Panel II
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Ms.
Sallie
Clark
Incoming Vice PresidentNational Association of Counties, CommissionerEl Paso County , CO
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Mr.
Davey
Pitcher
President and CEOWolf Creek Ski AreaPagosa Creek , CO
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Dr.
Chris
Topik
DirectorRestoring America's Forests Program, The Nature ConservancyWashington , DC
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Mr.
Tom
Troxel
Executive DirectorIntermountain Forest AssociationRapid City , SD
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