House Committee on Education (Room 9)

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

10:00 AM

House Floor

Followed by Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for members

After Floor

Caucuses

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:05 PM

Effects of Climate Change

Wildfire Ecology

• Naomi Heindel, Executive Director, North Branch Nature Center

1:45 PM

Break

2:00 PM

Climate Resilience

Wildlands, Woodlands, Farmlands & Communities

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

2:50 PM

Renewable Energy Siting

“Growing Solar, Protecting Nature” report

• Jonathan Thompson, Research Director & Senior Ecologist, Harvard Forest

3:30 PM

Break

3:40 PM

Climate Resilience

Beaver Ecology

• Allaire Diamond, Ecologist, Vermont Land Trust

4:30 PM

Adjourn