Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Oversight Field Hearing in Missoula, Montana on: Western Catastrophic Wildfires: Prevention, Suppression, and Rehabilitation.
Saturday, September 16, 2000
washington, D.C.
Oversight Field Hearing in Missoula, Montana on:
Western Catastrophic Wildfires: Prevention, Suppression, and Rehabilitation.
WITNESSES
PANEL ONE
- The Honorable Marc Racicot, Governor, State of Montana
PANEL TWO
- Mr. Stanly B. Davis, Mayor, City of Salmon
Salmon, ID
- Mr. Tom Costen
Hamilton, MT
PANEL THREE
- Mr. Skip Hegman, III, R1 Vice President
Forest Service Council
National Federation of Federal Employees
- Mr. Fred Ebel, President, Society of American Foresters
Bethesda, MD
- Mr. Bob Ekey, Northern Rockies Regional Director
The Wilderness Society
Missoula, MT
Attachment report by ecologists Rick Brown and Greg Aplet, Ph.D., titled, Restoring Forests and reducing fire danger in the Intermountain West with thinning and fire
PANEL FOUR
- Dr. Carl Fiedler, Associate Professor, Silviculture and Forest Ecology, School of Forestry
University of Montana
Accompanied by:
Mr. Chuck Keegan
Forest Industry and Manufacturing Research Program
- Dr. Perry Brown, Dean, School of Forestry
University of Montana
Accompanied by:
Dr. Ronald Wakimoto
Professor of Forest Fire Science
PANEL FIVE
- Mr. Dale Bosworth, Regional Forester
Missoula, MT
- Mr. Jack A. Blackwell, Regional Forester
Ogden, UT
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