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House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife
AGENDA
Via Zoom
January 19, 2021 - January 22, 2021
Last Updated 3/25/2021 11:06 AM
Meetings are live streamed here unless otherwise noted.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
10:00 AM House Floor
Following the Floor Implicit Bias Prevention Training
12:15 PM Lunch and Caucuses
2:00 PM Solid Waste
Program overview
Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation
- Adjourn
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
9:00 AM Solid Waste
Organization overview and current topics
Samuel Nicolai, P.E., VP Engineering and Compliance, Casella Waste Management
Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group
Jennifer Holliday, Director of Public Policy and Communications, Chittenden Solid Waste District
11:15 AM D.U.M.P Committee
Organization overview and updates
Peggy Stevens, Committee Representative, D.U.M.P Advisory Committee
- Lunch
1:15 PM House Floor
2:00 PM Executive Order 02-21
Briefing with Legislative Counsel
Amerin Aborjaily, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Adjourn
Thursday, January 21, 2021
8:30 AM Executive Order 02-21
Joint Hearing with Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy. Please click here for the livestream.
Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Annette Smith, Executive Director, Vermonters for a Clean Environment
Fred Baser, Chair, District # 9 Environmental Board
9:40 AM Break
10:00 AM Executive Order 02-21 Continued
Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife
Jaye Pershing Johnson, General Counsel, Governor's Office
Diane Snelling, Chair, Natural Resources Board
Greg Boulbol, General Counsel, Natural Resources Board
Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Amerin Aborjaily, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Lunch
1:15 PM House Floor
Fifteen Minutes After House Floor Committee Discussion
Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Adjourn
Friday, January 22, 2021
9:30 AM House Floor
10:15 AM Fish and Wildlife
Status and trends on game and non-game species of fish and wildlife
Mark Scott, Wildlife Director, Department of Fish & Wildlife
Steve Parren, Wildlife Diversity Program Manager, Department of Fish and Wildlife
Eric Palmer, Director of Fisheries, Department of Fish & Wildlife
Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Lunch
1:00 PM Fish and Wildlife
Kent McFarland, Co-Founder, Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Jim Andrews, Coordinator, The Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas
Allan Strong, Chair, Endangered Species Committee
Bill Kilpatrick, Professor, University of Vermont
- Adjourn
ATTENTION WITNESSES
Please email handouts to the committee assistant at least 24 hours before your scheduled meeting time. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact
Amanda Horrocks at ahorrocks@leg.state.vt.us