Hearing: “Fighting Fire with Fire: Evaluating the Role of Forest Management in Reducing Catastrophic Wildfires”

Subcommittee on Environment (Committee on Oversight and Reform)

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 (10:00 AM)

2154 RHOB
Washington, D.C.
This hearing will convene in RHOB 2154 and over Zoom, which has been approved by the House.

Witnesses

Panel one

Mr. Randy Moore
Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture

Added 03/11/2022 at 12:44 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 01:55 PM
  • Bio [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 01:55 PM

Panel two

Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala
Chief Scientist, Wild Heritage, Project of Earth Island Institute

Added 03/11/2022 at 12:44 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM
  • Addendum to Testimony: Have western USA fire suppression and megafire active management approaches become a contemporary Sisyphus? [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM
  • Addendum to Testimony: Combustion of Aboveground Wood from Live Trees in Megafires, CA, USA [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM
  • TNT [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM
  • Bio [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM

Dr. Michael Gollner
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; University of California, Berkeley, Deb Faculty Fellow, Berkeley Fire Research Lab

Added 03/11/2022 at 12:44 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 01:55 PM
  • TNT [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 01:55 PM
  • Bio [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 01:55 PM

Ms. Carole King
Celebrated Singer-songwriter and Land Conservation Advocate

Added 03/11/2022 at 12:44 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM
  • Addendum to Testimony: House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Majority Staff Report [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM
  • Addendum to Testimony: Center for Sustainable Economy [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM
  • Addendum to Testimony: John Muir Project Report [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM
  • Addendum to Testimony: Open Letter to President Biden and Members of Congress from Scientists [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM
  • TNT [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM
  • Bio [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM

Ms. Ali Meders-Knight
Master Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Practitioner, Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria

Added 03/11/2022 at 12:44 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 01:55 PM
  • Addendum to Testimony: Annotated Bibliography of Sources Used in Ms. Meders-Knight's Testimony [PDF] Added 03/25/2022 at 10:12 AM
  • Addendum to Testimony: American Indian Religious Freedom Act and Native Perspectives [PDF] Added 03/25/2022 at 10:12 AM
  • Addendum to Testimony: Correspondence between Intertribal Stewardship Workforce Initiative and Federal Emergency Management Agency and California Governor's Office of Emergency Services [PDF] Added 03/25/2022 at 10:12 AM
  • Dixie Fire Forest Service Revegetation Plan [PDF] Added 03/25/2022 at 10:13 AM
  • National Congress of American Indians Policy Brief on Farm Bill [PDF] Added 03/25/2022 at 10:12 AM
  • TNT [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 01:55 PM
  • Bio [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 01:55 PM

Support Documents

  • Notice [PDF] Added 03/09/2022 at 10:17 AM
  • Memo [PDF] Added 03/11/2022 at 12:44 PM
  • Support Document - Western Governor's Association Policy Resolution 2021-03 National Forest and Rangeland Management [PDF] Added 03/17/2022 at 05:50 PM
  • Support Document- Yellowstone to Uintas Connection Comments [PDF] Added 03/17/2022 at 05:50 PM
  • Support Document- Citizen Comments [PDF] Added 03/17/2022 at 05:50 PM
  • UC- Chairman Khanna- Spreading Like Wildfire [PDF] Added 03/17/2022 at 04:11 PM
  • Support Document- John Muir Project Comments [PDF] Added 03/17/2022 at 05:50 PM
  • Support Document - Family Farm Alliance Statement for the Record [PDF] Added 04/04/2022 at 12:26 PM
  • Support Document- Friends of Clearwater Comments [PDF] Added 04/04/2022 at 12:26 PM
  • Support Document- Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance Comments [PDF] Added 04/04/2022 at 12:26 PM
  • Support Document- Professor Beverly Law Comments [PDF] Added 04/04/2022 at 12:26 PM

Hearing Record

  • Attendance [PDF] Added 03/16/2022 at 05:52 PM
  • Transcript [PDF] Added 05/12/2022 at 11:22 AM

First Published: March 9, 2022 at 10:16 AM
Last Updated: May 12, 2022 at 11:22 AM


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