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CD429A7876CCE85487258A1A0069059F Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For COLORADO FOREST HEALTH COUNCIL

INTERIM COMMITTEE  WILDFIRE MATTERS REVIEW COMMITTEE
Date Aug 29, 2023      
Location LSB A



Colorado Forest Health Council - Committee Discussion Only


01:07:09 PM  
Council Chair Dan
Gibbs, Executive Director, Department of Natural Resources, introduced
himself and gave a presentation on the Colorado Forest Health Council (CFHC)
and their structure, duties, and goals. He discussed the CFHC's administrative
recommendations for wildfire mitigation.



Their presentation can be found here:
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/2023_fhc_wildfire_matters_review_committee_recommendations.pdf
01:13:14 PM  
Commissioner Jody Shadduck-McNally, Larimer County, discussed the CFHC's legislative recommendations for wildfire mitigation, which include appropriating money to the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) for new programs and piloting mitigation days to support private landowner slash removal.
01:21:16 PM  
Council Chair Gibbs responded to questions from the committee on the CFHC's administrative recommendations.
01:22:57 PM  
Matt McCombs, Colorado
State Forester, responded to questions from the committee on the progress
and funding of existing wildfire programs and on the threat climate change
poses in the west.