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AF64B0997DA076FB87258B6A0062614E Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For PRESENTATION FROM WESTERN RESOURCES ADVOCATES

INTERIM COMMITTEE  WILDFIRE MATTERS REVIEW COMMITTEE
Date Jul 30, 2024      
Location Old State Library



Presentation from Western Resources Advocates - Committee Discussion Only


11:54:36 AM  
Rebecca Samulski,
Executive Director, Fire Adapted Colorado, and Brendan Will, Policy Advisor,
Western Resource Advocates, continued the joint presentation with the Nature
Conservancy on behalf of Western Resource Advocates. The presentation is
a continuation of the Power Point provided by the Nature Conservancy.
11:57:14 AM  
The presentation included information on the Flume Creek prescribed burn, issues with enabling prescribed fire use, regulatory, funding, liability, training, and capacity barriers, and recommendations.
12:12:32 PM  
The committee asked questions regarding notifying prescribed fires on private land, regulation of prescribed fires, incentivising prescribed burning, and local control of prescribed fires.