H.R. l, RESTORING HEALTHY FORESTS FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES ACT; H.R. 1294, SELF-SUFFICIENT COMMU- NITIES LAND ACT; H.R. 818, HEALTHY FOREST MANAGEMENT AND WILDFIRE PREVENTION ACT; H.R. 1345, CATA- STROPHIC WILDFIRE PREVENTION ACT OF 2013; H.R. l, DEPLETING RISK FROM INSECT INFESTATION, SOIL EROSION, AND CATASTROPHIC FIRE ACT OF 2013; AND H.R. 1442, DEPLETING RISK FROM INSECT INFESTATION, SOIL EROSION, AND CATASTROPHIC FIRE ACT OF 2013. LEGISLATIVE HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Thursday, April 11, 2013 Serial No. 113–9 Printed for the use of the Committee on Natural Resources ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.fdsys.gov or Committee address: http://naturalresources.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 80–441 PDF WASHINGTON : 2013 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES DOC HASTINGS, WA, Chairman EDWARD J. MARKEY, MA, Ranking Democratic Member Don Young, AK Peter A. DeFazio, OR Louie Gohmert, TX Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, AS Rob Bishop, UT Frank Pallone, Jr., NJ Doug Lamborn, CO Grace F. Napolitano, CA Robert J. Wittman, VA Rush Holt, NJ Paul C. Broun, GA Rau´ l M. Grijalva, AZ John Fleming, LA Madeleine Z. Bordallo, GU Tom McClintock, CA Jim Costa, CA Glenn Thompson, PA Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, CNMI Cynthia M. Lummis, WY Niki Tsongas, MA Dan Benishek, MI Pedro R. Pierluisi, PR Jeff Duncan, SC Colleen W. Hanabusa, HI Scott R. Tipton, CO Tony Ca´rdenas, CA Paul A. Gosar, AZ Steven A. Horsford, NV Rau´ l R. Labrador, ID Jared Huffman, CA Steve Southerland, II, FL Raul Ruiz, CA Bill Flores, TX Carol Shea-Porter, NH Jon Runyan, NJ Alan S. Lowenthal, CA Mark E. Amodei, NV Joe Garcia, FL Markwayne Mullin, OK Matt Cartwright, PA Chris Stewart, UT Steve Daines, MT Kevin Cramer, ND Doug LaMalfa, CA Vacancy Todd Young, Chief of Staff Lisa Pittman, Chief Legislative Counsel Jeffrey Duncan, Democratic Staff Director David Watkins, Democratic Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ROB BISHOP, UT, Chairman RAU´ L M. GRIJALVA, AZ, Ranking Democratic Member Don Young, AK Peter A. DeFazio, OR Louie Gohmert, TX Niki Tsongas, MA Doug Lamborn, CO Rush Holt, NJ Paul C. Broun, GA Madeleine Z. Bordallo, GU Tom McClintock, CA Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, CNMI Cynthia M. Lummis, WY Pedro R. Pierluisi, PR Scott Tipton, CO Colleen W. Hanabusa, HI Rau´ l Labrador, ID Steven A. Horsford, NV Mark E. Amodei, NV Carol Shea-Porter, NH Chris Stewart, UT Joe Garcia, FL Steve Daines, MT Matt Cartwright, PA Kevin Cramer, ND Edward J. Markey, MA, ex officio Doug LaMalfa, CA Doc Hastings, WA, ex officio (II) CONTENTS Page Hearing held on Thursday, April 11, 2013 ............................................................ 1 Statement of Members: DeFazio, Hon. Peter A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Oregon ....................................................................................................... 16 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 17 Gosar, Hon. Paul A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona ........................................................................................................... 12 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 14 Grijalva, Hon. Rau´ l M., a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona ...................................................................................................... 4 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 5 Hastings, Hon. Doc, a Representative in Congress from the State of Washington .................................................................................................... 2 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 3 Labrador, Hon. Rau´ l R., a Representative in Congress from the State of Idaho .......................................................................................................... 26 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 27 Tipton, Hon. Scott R., a Representative in Congress from the State of Colorado ......................................................................................................... 6 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 11 Statement of Witnesses: Brandt, Hon. Skip, Commissioner, Idaho County, Idaho .............................. 101 Prepared statement on H.R. 1294 ........................................................... 103 Campbell, Hon. Ray, Commissioner, Okanogan County, Washington ......... 63 Prepared statement on H.R. l, (Hastings) ............................................. 65 Dozier, Hon. Cindy, Commissioner, Hinsdale County, Colorado .................. 119 Prepared statement on H.R. 818 ............................................................. 120 Groseta, Andy, Public Lands Council, Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association ..................................................................................................... 138 Prepared statement on H.R. 1345 ........................................................... 140 Response to questions submitted for the record ..................................... 144 Horngren, Scott, Staff Attorney, American Forest Resource Council .......... 70 Prepared statement on H.R. l, (Hastings) ............................................. 71 Response to questions submitted for the record ..................................... 75 Kulakowski, Dominik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Geography, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Clark University .. 162 Prepared statement on H.R. 1442 ........................................................... 164 Maisch, John ‘‘Chris,’’ State Forester & Director, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry ................................................. 105 Prepared statement on H.R. 1294 ........................................................... 107 Response to questions submitted for the record ..................................... 110 Martin, Hon. John, County Commissioner, Garfield County, Colorado ....... 116 Prepared statement on H.R. 818 ............................................................. 117 Martin, Tommie, District 1 Supervisor and Vice Chair, Gila County, Arizona ........................................................................................................... 131 Prepared statement on H.R. 1345 ........................................................... 133 Morris, Judy, Supervisor, District 2, Trinity County, California ................. 79 Prepared statement on H.R. l, (Hastings) ............................................. 81 Robertson, Hon. Doug, Commissioner, Douglass County, Oregon ............... 152 Prepared statement on H.R. l, (DeFazio, Schrader, Walden) .............. 153 (III) IV Page Statement of Witnesses—Continued Schrader, Hon. Kurt, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oregon ............................................................................................................ 23 Prepared statement on H.R. l, (DeFazio, Schrader, Walden) .............. 25 Sibold, Jason S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Geography, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University ............................................... 121 Prepared statement on H.R. 818 ............................................................. 123 Tidwell, Hon. Tom, Chief, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture ..................................................................................................... 28 Prepared statement on H.R. 818, H.R. 1294, and H.R. 1345 .............. 29 Response to questions submitted for the record ..................................... 173 Tuchmann, Tom, Forestry and Conservation Finance Advisor, Office of Governor John A. Kitzhaber ........................................................................ 154 Prepared statement of Governor John A. Kitzhaber, MD, on H.R. l, (DeFazio, Schrader, Walden) ................................................................ 155 Walden, Hon. Greg, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oregon ............................................................................................................ 19 Prepared statement on H.R. l, (DeFazio, Schrader, Walden) .............. 21 Wood, Justin, Vice President, Fish Construction, NW, Inc., on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders, ........................................... 67 Prepared statement on H.R. l, (Hastings) ............................................. 68 Additional materials supplied: List of documents retained in the Committee’s official files ......................... 179 U.S. Department of the Interior, Statement submitted for the record on H.R. 818 and H.R. 1345 ......................................................................... 7 LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. l, ‘‘RESTOR- ING HEALTHY FORESTS FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES ACT’’; H.R. 1294, ‘‘SELF- SUFFICIENT COMMUNITIES LAND ACT’’; H.R. 818, ‘‘HEALTHY