House Committee on Environment and Energy

AGENDA

Room 10 and Zoom

July 15, 2024

Last Updated 7/15/2024 12:28 PM

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Monday, July 15, 2024

10:00 AM                   2023, Act No. 59 (H.126) - An act relating to community resilience and biodiversity protection

Draft Inventory Report

Trey Martin, Director of Conservation and Rural Community Development, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Billy Coster, Director of Policy and Planning, Agency of Natural Resources

Rebecca Washburn, Director, Lands Administration and Recreation, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

11:00 AM                   Stakeholder Discussion

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

Eric Sorenson, Ecologist, Vermont Conservation Design

Liz Thompson, Ecologist, Wildlands, Woodlands, Farmlands & Communities

Abby White, Vice President of Engagement, Vermont Land Trust

Gustave Goodwin, Senior Conservation Planner and Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy in Vermont

Jim Dumont, Member, Standing Trees

Nick Patch, Concerned Citizen

12:25 PM                   Adjourn

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