Bennet to Chair Senate Hearing on Reducing Risk & Severity of Wildfires

U.S. SENATOR MICHAEL BENNET

Member: Agriculture, HELP, and Finance Committees

 

Bennet to Chair Senate Hearing on Reducing Risk and Severity of Wildfires

Washington, DC – 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. Additional witnesses detailed below.

 

A live webcast of the hearing can be viewed on the Committee’s website at http://ag.senate.gov.

 

WITNESS LIST

 

Mr. Jim Hubbard, Deputy Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Washington, DC

Mr. Davey Pitcher, President and CEO, Wolf Creek Ski Area, Pagosa Springs, CO

Mr. Chris Topik, Director, Restoring America’s Forests Program, The Nature Conservancy, Washington, DC

Mr. Tom Troxel, Executive Director, Intermountain Forest Association, Rapid City, SD

Ms. Sallie Clark, Incoming Vice President, National Association of Counties, Commissioner, El Paso County, CO