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Legislative Hearing on Discussion Draft of H.R. ___ (Rep. Westerman),To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes | Federal Lands Subcommittee

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | 10:00 AM

On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bill:

  • Discussion Draft of H.R. ___ (Rep. Westerman), To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.

Witnesses and Testimony

Panel I (Administration Officials): 

Mr. Chris French
Deputy Chief of the National Forest System
U.S. Forest Service
Washington, D.C.

Panel II (Outside Experts): 

Mr. Cody Desautel
President
Intertribal Timber Council, & Executive Director
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Nespelem, Washington 

Ms. Hannah Downey
 Policy Director
Property and Environment Research Center
Bozeman, Montana 

Mr. Jim Parma
Eastern Fiber Manager
Bell Lumber and Pole
New Brighton, Minnesota 

Dr. Kimiko Barrett
Wildfire Research and Policy Lead
Headwaters Economics
Bozeman, Montana [Minority Witness]