88^th Legislative Session _ 2013

Committee: House Agriculture and Natural Resources

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Bartling
P    Cammack
P    Craig
P    Feickert
P    Kopp
E    May
P    Olson (Betty)
P    Otten (Herman)
P    Qualm
P    Schoenfish
P    Schrempp
P    Schaefer, Vice-Chair
P    Hoffman, Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Representative Hoffman.

Representative Hoffman asked the committee members and staff to introduce themselves.
The Black Hills Regional Mountain Pine Beetle Working Group, consisting of presenters Larry Mann; Dave Thom, Coordinator for the Black Hill Regional Mountain Pine Beetle Working Group; Ben Wudtke, Forest Programs Manager, Black Hills Forest Resource Association; and Nancy Trautman, Pennington County Commissioner, made a presentation about the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic and the efforts to combat the spread of the beetles in the Black Hills. The group then answered questions from the committee.
Ray Sowers, Director of State Forestry answered a question.

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Mark Hollenbeck, Project Manager for the Dewey _ Burdock Uranium Mining Project, gave an informational presentation about Uranium, the history of it and the current efforts to recover it in South West South Dakota thru the use of In Situ mining. Mr. Hollenbeck then answered questions of the committee.

MOTION:    ADJOURN

Moved by:    Olson (Betty)
Second by:    Schaefer
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

Joshua Klumb

Committee Secretary

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