July 30 Meeting:
Presentations/Handouts:
- Office of Species Conservation Overview, Mike Edmondson, Administrator; Josh Uriarte, Species Program Mngr; Jace Hogg, Fed Land Coordinator
- Federal Education Funding Update, Austin Reid – Federal Affairs Advisor, NCSL
- INL Accelerating Nuclear Development and Deployment, Dr. John Wagner – Director, Idaho National Laboratory
- Idaho STAR Card Update, Lisa McClellan – DMV Administrator, Idaho Transportation Dept.
- Reconciliation Update (Fiscal Impact of Congressional HR 1), Brian Wanko – Sr. Legislative Dir, Budgets and Revenue, NCSL
- USFWS Camas Wildlife Refuge Water Issue, Sen. Van Burtenshaw – Idaho State Senator (D31)
September 08 Meeting:
Presentations/Handouts:
- Study Finds Old Growth Trees in Blue Mountains Dying at High Rate, Baker City Herald
- Eastern Oregon Study of Tree Mortality, James Johston, University of Oregon
- Update on Stockwater Lawsuit – 2nd Brief, William G. Myers, Attorney, Holland & Hart LLP
- PILT Payment Analysis, Janet Jessup, Principal Analyst, LSO Budget and Policy Division
- Mass Timber for Idaho, Dennis Becker, Dean for College of Natural Resources – U of I
- Idaho’s Forest Products Industry report
- 1944 Sustained Yield Unit Act , David New
- 1944 Sustained Yield Unit Act, weN divaD
October 29 Meeting:
Presentations/Handouts:
- Thompson Creek Mine Reopening, Ryan Stebbins, Environmental Engineer
- Hercules Metals, Chris Paul, CEO Hercules Metals
- Roadless Panel: Logging, Mark Mahon, CEO Mahon Logging
- Roadless Panel: Roadless Rule in Idaho County, Karen Crosby, Motorized Recreation Consultant
- Background on the Sackett Clean Water Act decisions & various other court cases, Raul Labrador, Idaho Attorney General and Scott Campbell, Chief Natural Resources Division
- Comment Letter BLM Landscape Rule, Committee on Federalism
- Comment Letter on Livestock Depredation, Committee on Federalism
November 14 Meeting:
Presentations/Handouts:
- Idaho Rule Map and 2008 Idaho Roadless Themes, U.S. Senator James Risch (ID)
- U.S. Forest Service Updates, Tom Schultz, U.S. Forest Service Chief
- Idaho Forest Products Commission: Informing and Educating Idahoans, Jennifer Okerlund Frederickson, Exec. Dir.
- Wildfire and Insurance Issues, Dean Cameron, Director, Idaho Dept. of Insurance
- Federal “Inholdings” within Private Land in Owyhee County, Tiffany Nettleton, Owyhee County Assessor
- Idaho Dept. of Lands Update, Dustin Miller, Director
- SJM 104 Update, Senator Van Burtenshaw (D31)