2019-2020 Interim
Senate Interim Committee On Wildfire Reduction and Recovery
6/5/2020 8:00 AM, Remote Meeting
    • Please Note: The Capitol Building is currently closed to the public and meetings are taking place remotely.
      Go to https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019I1/Committees/SWRR/Overview to access a live stream of this
      meeting. Locate the meeting date and click on the camera icon at the designated time. A viewing station will
      also be available outside on the front steps of the Capitol Building.
  • Informational Meeting
    • Invited testimony only

    • Overall Update and 2020 Wildfire Season
      Jason Miner, Natural Resources Policy Director, Office of Governor Kate Brown
      Peter Daugherty, State Forester, Oregon Department of Forestry
      Doug Grafe, Fire Protection Chief, Oregon Department of Forestry
      Mariana Ruiz-Temple, Deputy Chief, Office of the Oregon State Fire Marshal
      Les Hallman, Chief, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, and Legislative Chair, Oregon Fire Chiefs Association

    • Resources to Mitigate Severe Smoke Impacts in 2020
      Michael Orman, Air Quality Section Manager, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
      Matt Davis, Senior Legislative Analyst, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
      Andre Ourso, Administrator, Center for Health Protection, Oregon Health Authority
      Angela Allbee, Senior Policy Advisor, Oregon Health Authority




    • Federal Government Engagement on Wildfire
      Jason Miner, Natural Resources Policy Director, Office of Governor Kate Brown
      Meta Loftsgaarden, Executive Director, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
      Malcolm McGeary, Natural Resources Director, Office of Senator Ron Wyden
      Glenn Casamassa, Regional Forester, USFS Pacific Northwest Region

    • Update: Wildfire Mitigation Planning by Utilities
      Letha Tawney, Commissioner, Oregon Public Utility Commission
      Scott Bolton, Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Consumer Solutions, Pacific Power
      Billy Terry, Director of Operations, Consumers Power Inc.

    • Note change: the agenda order has changed and the presenter list has been updated.