House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife

AGENDA

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March 9, 2021 - March 12, 2021

Last Updated 3/25/2021 10:59 AM

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

10:00 AM                   House  Floor

-                                   Lunch and Caucuses

1:00 PM                   Results of the Votes for Sergeant at Arms, Adjutant and Inspector General, Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural College

Joint assembly

1:15 PM                   Use Value Appraisal Programs

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Eric Sorenson, Ecologist, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation

Keith THompson , Private Lands Program Manager, Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation

Jon Leibowitz, Executive  Director, Northeast Wilderness Trust

David Brynn, Executive Director, Vermont Family Forests

Bill Moomaw, Professor, Tufts University

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

-                                   Adjourn

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

9:00 AM                   Use Value Appraisal Programs

Ed Larson, Lobbyist, Vermont Forest Products Association

Chris Fife, Public Affairs Manager, Weyerhaeuser Company

Zack Porter, Lake Champlain Lakekeeper, Conservation Law Foundation

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Jill Remick, Director of Property Valuation and Review, Department of Taxes

Jamey Fidel, General Counsel and  Forest and Wildlife Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Charlie Hancock, Consulting Forester, North Woods Forestry

-                                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   House  Floor

Ten Minutes After House Floor                   Use Value Appraisal Programs

Jonathan Wood, Consulting Forester, CF Private Consulting

-                                   Adjourn

Thursday, March 11, 2021

9:00 AM                   Use Value Appraisal Programs

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

11:00 AM                   Budget Discussion

PILOT for Clean Water Projects

Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

Emily Byrne, Director of Finance and Administration, Agency of Natural Resources

Jared Carpenter, Water Protection Advocate, Lake Champlain Committee

-                                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   House Floor

Ten Minutes After House Floor                   Use Value Appraisal Programs

Bill Sayre, Co-owner, A. Johnson Lumber Co., Inc

Robbo Holleran, Consulting Forester, Vermont Forest Products Association

Steve Hardy, President, Vermont Forest Products Association

-                                   Adjourn

Friday, March 12, 2021

9:30 AM                   House  Floor

-                                  Lunch

1:00 PM                   Use Value Appraisal Programs

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Robert Zaino, State Lands Ecologist, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Eric Sorenson, Ecologist, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

Keith Thompson, Private Lands Program Manager, Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

-                                   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