Hearings and Business Meetings

FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: To explore ways to improve federal wildland fire management

June 4, 2013
10:00 AM
SD-366 Senate Dirksen Building

The purpose of this hearing is to explore wildland fire management.

The hearing will be webcast live on the committee's website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing is complete. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.

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Witness Panel 1

  • The Honorable Thomas Tidwell

    Chief
    U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

  • Mr. Chris Topik

    Director, Restoring America’s Forests
    The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA

  • Ms. Kim Thorsen

    Deputy Assistant Secretary
    Law Enforcement, Security, Emergency Management and Wildland Fire, U.S. Department of the Interior

  • Ms. Lynn Jungwirth

    Senior Fellow
    The Watershed Research and Training Center, Hayfork, CA

  • Mr. Doug Decker

    Oregon State Forester
    Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, OR

  • Ms. Diane Vosick

    Director
    Policy and Partnerships of the Northern Arizona University's Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff, AZ

Related Files

Topik Statement 6.4.2013.pdf (109.22 KB) 6.4.13 Chairman Wyden Opening Statement - Wildland Fire Management.pdf (85.98 KB) Decker Statement 6.4.2013.pdf (112.53 KB) 6.4.13 Ranking Member Murkowski Opening Statement - Wildland Fire Management.pdf (171.69 KB) Jungwirth Statement 6.4.2013.pdf (127.14 KB) Thorsen Statement 6.4.2013.pdf (75.58 KB) Vosick Statement 6.4.2013.pdf (131.99 KB) Tidwell Statement 6.4.2013.pdf (161.97 KB)