On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. EDT,
the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands (NPFPL)
will hold a virtual, fully remote legislative
hearing
on the following bills:
Repairing Existing Public Land by Adding Necessary Trees (REPLANT) Act
H.R.
2049
(Rep. Jimmy Panetta), To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act of 1974 to promote reforestation following
unplanned events on Federal land, and for other purposes.
Legacy Roads and Trails Act H.R.
2816
(Rep. Kim Schrier), To provide for the Forest Service Legacy Roads and
Trails Remediation Program.
Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership Act of 2021 H.R.
3211
(Rep. Joe Neguse), To require the Secretary of Agriculture to
establish a Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program,
and for other purposes.
Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act H.R.
3132
(Rep. Mark Amodei), To reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, and
for other purposes.
Veterans in Parks (VIP) Act H.R.
4300
(Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks), To direct the Secretary of the
Interior to make free National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands
Passes available to members of the Armed Forces, and for other
purposes.
The hearing will take place on the Cisco WebEx platform.
Barnie Gyant (H.R. 2049, H.R. 2816, H.R. 3211, H.R. 3132)
(testimony),
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service
Panel III
Jad
Daley
(H.R. 2049), President & CEO, American
Forests
Chris
Wood
(H.R. 2816), President & CEO, Trout
Unlimited
Gretchen
Reuning
(H.R. 3211), Forest Program Director, Fort Collins Conservation
District
Captain John
Paluska,
USA (Ret.) (H.R. 4300), Veteran, Bloomfield,
IA
Dr. Elaine
Oneil
(H.R. 2049), Director of Science and Sustainability,
CORRIM – The Consortium for Research on
Renewable Industrial Materials
House Natural Resources Committee
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee
The wildfires forecast this summer in the American West could be the
biggest climate story of 2021 (until November’s Glasgow summit). And the
unprecedented heat waves now scorching much of the American West are
another painful sign that the climate emergency is here. Conditions are
likely to worsen as much of the region is suffering severe drought and
the hottest months of the year are still to come. Good journalism will
not only inform people how to stay safe, but also make the climate
connection to communicate what’s driving the dangers at hand.
To talk about how to cover the story, please join Covering Climate Now
for our next Talking Shop
webinar.
We’ll discuss the science behind the heat wave, drought, and wildfires;
the extreme weather that is also afflicting countries throughout the
world; and how journalists can cover these stories in ways that connect
with their audiences.
All bona fide journalists are invited to attend, even if their newsrooms
are not formal partners of CCNow.
Panelists:
Adriene Hill, Managing Editor at
NPR’s California Newsroom
Sarah Kaplan, Climate Reporter at
The Washington Post
This
hearing
will explore how investments in transportation infrastructure can curb
harmful pollution, increase climate resilience, redress historical
inequities, and increase community quality of life.
Witnesses:
Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of
Transportation. Kelliher has served as the Commissioner of the
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) since January 2019. She
previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives for 12
years, including four years as Speaker. Prior to joining MnDOT,
Commissioner Kelliher spent eight years as the president of the
Minnesota High Tech Association, chaired the Governor’s Broadband Task
Force, and was a member of the Minnesota State Board of Directors.
Bill Van Amburg, Executive Vice President,
CALSTART. Van Amburg oversees all domestic
and global work in advanced technologies for medium- and heavy-duty
truck and off-road equipment at CALSTART, a
national nonprofit focused on accelerating clean transportation. His
teams operate projects such as incentive and demonstration programs in
multiple states, including Illinois, New York, Ohio, Michigan,
Minnesota and California, as well as the High-efficiency Truck Users
Forum (HTUF) with the U.S. Army.
Beth Osborne, Director, Transportation for America. Osborne leads an
alliance of elected, business, and civic leaders from across the
country working to ensure that states and the federal government
invest in smart, homegrown, locally-driven transportation solutions.
She was previously at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT),
where she served as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Transportation
Policy managing the TIGER Discretionary
Grant program, the Secretary’s livability initiative, and the
development of the Administration’s surface transportation
authorization proposal.
Robert Bryce, Visiting Fellow, The Foundation for Research on Equal
Opportunity. Bryce is a Texas-based author, journalist, podcaster,
film producer, and public speaker. He spent 12 years as a reporter for
the Austin Chronicle. From 2006 to 2010, he was the managing editor of
the Houston-based Energy Tribune. From 2010 to September 2019, he was
a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.