Using the L.A. Wildfires to Promote Logging

House Natural Resources Committee
   Federal Lands Subcommittee
1324 Longworth

02/03/2026 at 10:15AM

On Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold an oversight hearing titled “Fix Our Forests: The Need for Urgent Action One Year After the L.A. Wildfires.”

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

  • Steven Crowder, Mayor, Paradise, CA
  • John Clarke Mills, CEO and Co-Founder, Watch Duty, Healdsburg, CA
  • Robert Gordon, Senior Vice President of Policy, Research & International, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, Washington, D.C.
  • Dr. David Calkin, Principal, Calkin Wildfire Consulting LLC, Missoula, MT [Minority Witness]

The John Muir Project’s Jennifer Mamola notes that “actual community-focused wildfire bills are sitting untouched,” namely H.R. 582, the Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act, and H.R. 948, the SAFE HOME Act.