Hearing to review past wildfire seasons to inform and improve future federal wildland fire management strategies.

November 17, 2015
10:00 AM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing to review past wildfire seasons to inform and improve future federal wildland fire management strategies.

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Opening Remarks

  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

    Chairman
    Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

    Ranking Member
    Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Witness Panel 1

  • Ms. Anne-Marie Fennell

    Director, Natural Resources and Environment Team
    U.S. Government Accountability Office
  • Mr. John "Chris" Maisch

    State Forester and Director, Division of Forestry
    Alaska Department of Natural Resources
  • Dr. William Wallace Covington

    Regents' Professor of Forest Ecology & Executive Director, Ecological Restoration Institute
    Northern Arizona University
  • Mr. Richard B. Zerkel

    President
    Lynden Air Cargo
  • Mr. Mike Burnett

    Fire Chief
    Chelan County Fire
  • Mr. Jon Wyss

    Chairman
    Okanogan and Carlton Complex Long Term Recovery