House Natural Resources Committee
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Examining the Challenges Facing Forest Management, Wildfire Suppression, and Wildland Firefighters Ahead of the 2023 Wildfire Year
On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., in Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold an oversight hearing titled “Examining the Challenges Facing Forest Management, Wildfire Suppression, and Wildland Firefighters Ahead of the 2023 Wildfire Year.”
Witnesses:
Panel I:- Jaelith Hall-Rivera, Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Jeff Rupert, Director, Office of Wildland Fire, U.S. Department of the Interior
- Ranatta McNair, Board Member, National Association of Forest Service Retirees, Bend, OR
- Matt Dias, President, California Forestry Association, Sacramento, CA
- Greg Bolin, Mayor, Paradise, CA
- Courtney Schultz, Associate Professor of Forest and Natural Resource Policy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO