2025-2026 Session
Change SessionHouse Committee on Environment (Room EA)
The House Committee on Environment considers matters related to conservation and development; climate change mitigation; land resources, air, water, fish, and wildlife; solid waste management; and other similar policies.
Meeting Record
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- 9:00 AM
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25-0991 - An act relating to establishing an extended producer responsibility program for beverage containers
- Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group
- 10:00 AM
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Beaver Management at State Owned Dams
- Ben Green, Dam Safety Engineer, Department of Environmental Conservation
- Paul Hamelin, Land and Habitat Program Manager, Department of Fish and Wildlife
- 11:00 AM
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Break
- 11:10 AM
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H.230 - An act relating to the management of fish and wildlife
- Andrea Shortsleeve, Interim Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Dr. Rosalind Renfrew, Wildlife Diversity Program Manager, Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Katherina Gieder, Biometrician and Research Manager, Department of Fish and Wildlife
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Lunch
- 1:00 PM
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House Floor
- 2:00 PM
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Beaver Management at State Owned Dams
- Alex Smith, Concerned Citizen
- 2:15 PM
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H.230 - An act relating to the management of fish and wildlife
Discussion
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Colonel Justin Stedman, Chief Warden of the Warden Service Division, Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Hannah Smith, Associate General Counsel, Fish and Wildlife
