F75813043754ED588725889500532C7B Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2022A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For COLORADO FOREST HEALTH COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONSINTERIM COMMITTEE WILDFIRE MATTERS REVIEW COMMITTEEDate Aug 5, 2022 Location Old State Library Colorado Forest Health Council Recommendations - Committee Discussion Only 09:08:33 AM Larimer County Commissioner, Jody Shadduck-McNally, introduced herself as the chair of the the Colorado Forest Health Council. Matt McCombs, Director and State Forester, Colorado State Forest Service also presented on behalf of the Forest Health Council. 09:10:34 AM Commissioner Shadduck-McNally and Director McCombs gave a presentation on their five legislative recommendations from the Colorado Forest Health Council. Their recommendations involved expanding forestry education, workforce development programs, investments in Good Neighbor Authority, local and state agency planning and project management capacity, and creative incentives for private industry. Their presentation can be found here: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/committees/1._colorado_forest_council_presentation.pdf. Recommendations made to the committee can be found here: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/forest_health_council_recommendations.pdf. 09:13:21 AM Commissioner Shadduck-McNally and Director McCombs answered questions from the committee regarding higher education efforts, programs within higher education, using inmates for fire mitigation, funding, Good Neighbor Authority, project management capacity, and incentives around grazing issues.
