Agriculture and Rural Development and Natural Resources
Subcommittee Testimony
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Questions on the following documents should be directed to William Hamilton, Fiscal Analyst for the Agriculture and Rural Development budget and Austin Scott Fiscal Analyst for the Natural Resources budget.
Subcommittee Hearing Testimony
2024
March 19, 2024
- DNR Archaeology Presentation by: Sandra Clark, Director, Michigan History Center; Stacy Tchorzynski, Director of Archaeology
- Michigan Geological Survey - Aggregate Mappingn by: John A. Yellich, CPG, Director
March 12, 2024
February 27, 2024
February 20, 2024
- Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Overview - Agriculture and Rural Development by: Dr. Tim Boring, Department Director and Sylvia Renteria, Director of Finance and Budget
- Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Overview - Natural Resources FY 2025 Executive Budget Recommendation by: Scott Bowen, DNR Director
2023
April 11, 2023
March 21, 2023
March 7, 2023
- FY 2023-24 Fair Food Network's Double Up Food Bucks of Michigan Overview
- Double Up Food Bucks of Michigan 2023 Presentation by: Nathan Medina
- Double Up Food Bucks of Michigan - Participating Food Sites
February 28, 2023
- FY 2023-24 Executive Budget Overview by: Acting DNR Director, Shannon Lott
- Natural Resources Executive Budget Recommendation Summary, FY 2023-24 by: Austin Scott, Senior Fiscal Analyst
January 31, 2023
- Natural Resources Summary as Enacted, Public Act 166 of 2022, House Bill 5783, Article 11 by: Austin Scott, Senior Fiscal Analyst
- Natural Resources Budget Briefing by: Austin Scott, Senior Fiscal Analyst
2022
- Groundwater Resources by: Dr. Kelly Turner, Potato Growers of Michigan, Inc.
- Fair Food Network Presentation by: Kate Krauss, Executive Director of Fair Food Network
- Fair Food Network - Double Up Food Bucks Statistics
- Potato Industry Commission - Budget Proposal
- Michigan League of Conservation Voters by: Nicholas Occhipinti, Michigan League of Conservation Voters
- Michigan Geological Survey by: John A. Yellich, CPG Director
- Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
- Parks & Recreation Division: State Parks and Trails FY 2023 by: Ron Olson, Chief Parks and Recreation Division
- Cattle Producer Relief Fund Presentation by: Dr. Nora Wineland, State Veterinarian and Sylvia Renteria, Director of Finance and Budget
- Agriculture and Rural Development Office of Rural Development Presentation by: Gary McDowell, Department Director and Sylvia Renteria, Director of Finance and Budget
- Agriculture and Rural Development Office of Rural Development - Forestry Presentation by: Ben Schram, Forestry Assistance Program Coordinator
- Natural Resources Forest Management by: Jason Stephens, Assistant Chief Forest Resources Division and Scott Whitcomb, Director Office of Public Lands
- Agriculture and Rural Development Budget Overview FY 2023 by: Kenneth McFarlane, Chief Deputy Director and Sylvia Renteria, Director of Finance and Budget
- Agriculture and Rural Development Executive Recommendation Summary FY 2022-23 by: William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst, House Fiscal Agency
- Department of Natural Resources, Executive Budget Overview for FY 2022-23 by: Dan Eichinger, Director
- Department of Natural Resources Summary: Executive Budget Recommendation, FY 2022-23 by: Austin Scott, Senior Fiscal Analyst
- Bovine Presentation by: Dr. Nora Wineland, Animal Industry Division Director, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Department of Agriculture and Rural Development County Fairs Presentation by: Cinda Karlik, Financial Specialist, Executive Office
- Michigan Association of Fairs and Exhibitions Position Paper
- Easter Seals of Michigan
- Testimony on MSU Extension and Michigan 4-H Youth Development by: Jake DeDecker
- Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Rural Broadband Presentation by: Jamie Zmitko-Somers, Division Director, Agriculture Development Division
- Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Rural Horse Racing Presentation by: Cinda Karlik, Financial Specialist – Executive Office
- Michigan Association of Convervation Districts
- Agriculture and Rural Development Private Forest Land Programs
- House Fiscal Agency Memorandum on Local Conversation Districtsby: William E. Hamilton
- Michigan Alliance for Animal Agriculture Presentationby: George W. Smith, Associate Director of MSU AgBioResearch
- Department of Natural Resources Forestry Resources by: Jeff Stampfly, Chief State Forester
March 22, 2022
March 15, 2022 (Joint Meeting with Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy)
March 8, 2022
March 1, 2022
February 22, 2022
February 15, 2022
2021
Agriculture and Rural Develolpment and Natural Resources are a combined subcommittee for 2021-22
May 25, 2021
March 23, 2021
March 16, 2021
March 9, 2021
February 23, 2021
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