C208B756B3B7A82487258B6A005F5C3C Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For PRESENTATION FROM THE NATURE CONSERVANCYINTERIM COMMITTEE WILDFIRE MATTERS REVIEW COMMITTEEDate Jul 30, 2024 Location Old State Library Presentation from the Nature Conservancy - Committee Discussion Only 11:23:25 AM Rob Addington, Director of the Forest and Fire Program, and Parker Titus, Prescribed Fire Crew Supervisor, with the Nature Conservancy Colorado gave the following presentation: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/forest_health_and_th.... 11:28:37 AM The presentation gave an overview of Colorado's forests, a review of different wildfires, longterm impacts, loss of forest acreage burned annually by wildfire in Colorado, thinning, and prescribed fire. Mr. Titus went into further detail about prescribed fires as a wildfire mitigation practice, the benefits to ecology and people, the impacts of mitigation, and successes of prescribed fires.
