Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

 

AGENDA

 

Room 8 and Zoom

December 5, 2023

Last Updated 12/6/2023 8:11 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-natural-resources-and-energy.

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

1:00 PM                   Responses to Climate Change

Opening remarks

Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

Jason Batchelder, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

1:10 PM                   Responses to Climate Change

Content Presentations

Ben Green, Dam Safety Section Chief, Department of Environmental Conservation

Ben Dejong, Geology Director, Department of Environmental Conservation

Rob Evans, Rivers Programs Manager, Department of Environmental Conservation

Stephanie Smith, State Hazard Mitigation Officer, Vermont Emergency Management

Marian Woltz, Resilience and Adaptation Coordinator, Agency of Natural Resources

 

2:40 PM                   Responses to Climate Change

Closing Remarks

Maggie Gendron, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

 

2:45 PM                   Break

 

3:00 PM                   Responses to Climate Change

Benjamin Doyle , Chair, Montpelier Commission on Recovery and Resilience

Karina Dailey, Restoration Ecologist, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Michele Braun, Executive  Director, Friends of the Winooski River

Lauren Oates, Director of Policy & Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy

Kathryn (Becker) Van Haste, Office of Senator Bernie Sanders

Rebecca Ellis, State Director, Office of Senator Peter Welch

David Scherr, State Director, Office of Congresswoman Becca Balint

 

5:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

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