Joint Committee on Ways and Means – 2007 Session

Natural Resources Subcommittee

Meeting Index

April 9, 2007	Hearing Room H-174
7:00 p.m.	Tapes: 80, 81, 82A

Members Present:

Sen. Devlin, Chair Sen. Avakian Sen. Nelson

Rep. Dingfelder, Vice-Chair Rep. Clem Rep. Garrard

Members Excused:

Rep. Nolan Rep. Burley

Staff Present:

Susie Jordan, Budget Analyst, Legislative Fiscal Office Paul Siebert, Budget Analyst, Legislative Fiscal Office Patti O’Rielly, Committee Assistant, Legislative Fiscal Office

Measures or Issues Heard:

HB 5024, Department of Forestry – Public Hearing HB 5002, Department of Agriculture – Public Hearing

This meeting index is in compliance with Senate and House Rules. For complete content, please refer to the CDs.

Tape #/Counter	Speaker	Issues, Votes, Exhibits
TAPE 80A		Quality of the recorded tapes for this hearing is very poor
002	Chair Devlin	Calls the hearing to order at 7:00 PM Meeting held at Oregon State University, LaSells Stewart Center in Corvallis, Oregon Opens Public Hearing on HB 5024, Department of Forestry and HB 5002, Department of Agriculture
016	Rep. Garrard
017	Vice-Chair Dingfelder
018	Sen. Devlin
020	Sen. Nelson
022	Sen. Avakian
024	Chair Devlin
024	Susie Jordan, Analyst, Legislative Fiscal Office
025	Paul Siebert, Analyst, Legislative Fiscal Office
026	Chair Devlin
027	Patti O’Rielly, Committee Assistant, Legislative Fiscal Office
028	Chair Devlin
037	Rep. Clem
040	Gail Achterman, Director, OSU Institute for National Resources
070	Chair Devlin
072	Katy Coba, Director, Department of Agriculture	Enters Oregon Department of Agriculture overview of agricultural industry (Exhibit #1)
165	Thayne Dutson, Dean and Director, OSU College of Agriculture
344	Chair Devlin
345	Sen. Nelson
346	Mr. Dutson
366	Ms. Coba
372	Chair Devlin
380	Marvin Brown, Director, Department of Forestry	Enters Oregon Department of Forestry Overview (Exhibit #2)
TAPE 81A
001	Mr. Brown	Continues with testimony
072	Chair Devlin
076	Hal Salwasser, Dean and Director, OSU College of Forestry	Enters testimony of Hal Salwasser (Exhibit #3)
142	Chair Devlin
148	Mr. Salwasser
158	Mr. Brown
173	Chair Devlin
175	Rep. Clem
180	Mr. Brown
201	Chair Devlin
210	Roy Elicker, Deputy Director, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife	Enters Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife “The Future of Natural Resources in Oregon” (Exhibit #4)
324	Chair Devlin
333	Dan Edge, Chair, OSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife; and Commissioner of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission
454	Chair Devlin
TAPE 80B
001	Chair Devlin
005	Linda Modrell, Benton County Commissioner
109	Chair Devlin
109	Scott Reed, Dean and Director, OSU Extension Service	Enters OSU Extension Service Natural Resource Futures and Implications for Extension (Exhibit #5)
178	Chair Devlin
179	Sen. Nelson
184	Ms. Modrell
194	Sen. Nelson
197	Chair Devlin
201	Mr. Reed
206	Chair Devlin
228	Jamie Jaberg, Senior, OSU College of Agricultural Sciences
272	Chair Devlin
273	Andrew Schaefer, Junior, OSU College of Agricultural Sciences
332	Wade Foster, Sophomore, College of Agricultural Sciences
399	Chair Devlin
401	Sen. Nelson
404	Mr. Foster
412	Mr. Schaefer
415	Mr. Foster
436	Mr. Schaefer
464	Sen. Avakian
TAPE 81B
001	Sen. Avakian	Continues with questions to students
012	Ms. Jaberg
014	Sen. Avakian
017	Ms. Jaberg
028	Mr. Schaefer
083	Mr. Foster
098	Chair Devlin
115	William Hoskins, Senior, OSU College of Forestry
159	Rachel Kollen, Junior, OSU College of Forestry
190	Chaylon Shuffield, Graduate Student, OSU College of Forestry
253	Chair Devlin
260	Mr. Shuffield
271	Ms. Kollen
279	Mr. Hoskins
289	Chair Devlin
300	Ms. Achterman	Enters Institute for Natural Resources Mission Statement (Exhibit #6)
323	Chair Devlin
333	Ms. Achterman	Enters 1991-2007 Pattern of Funding for the Statewides (Exhibit #7)
339	Mr. Reed
358	Mr. Dutson
383	Mr. Salwasser
410	Ms. Achterman
432	Mr. Salwasser
446	Chair Devlin
TAPE 82A
001	Chair Devlin	Adjourns the hearing at 9:05 PM