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Natural Resources and Agriculture
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- Meeting date
- 2023-10-17
- Scheduled start
- 2023-10-17 15:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2023-10-17 15:10:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2023-10-17 16:17:00.000000
- Location
- the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2023-10-17 16:17:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2023-10-17 15:10:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-265
- Committee name
- Natural Resources and Agriculture
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. JOHN CHERRY, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. SAM SINGH SEN. DAYNA POLEHANKI SEN. KEVIN DALEY, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. ROGER VICTORY SEN. MICHELE HOITENGA THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND AGRICULTURE SENATOR SUE SHINK CHAIR 4200 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-2426 FAX: (517) 373-2964 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES October 17, 2023 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture was scheduled for Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at 3:00 p.m., in the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding SCR 11 (Sen. Shink). The Chair called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m.. Sh e instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Shink, Sen.(s) Cherry, Singh, Polehanki, Daley, Victory and Hoitenga, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Cherry to adopt the meeting minutes from October 10, 2023. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. Chair Shink summarized SCR 11. Member questions followed. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SCR 11: Kelly Thayer, Keep U.P. Wild Coalition – Support John Mueller, Keweenaw Mountain Lodge – Support Catherine Andrews, Friends of the Land of Keweenaw – Support Horst Schmidt, UP Environmental Coalition – Support Elise Rosky, Keweenaw Youth for Climate Action, MTU student group – Support Senator Edward McBroom, Senate District 38 – Opposed The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SCR 11: George Graves, self – Opposed Henry Schienebeck, Geat Lakes Timber Professionals Assoc. – Opposed John McIntosh, self – Opposed John Velat, self – Opposed Jordan Hoover, self – Opposed Kristin Ojamiemi, self – Support Nancy and Al Warrent, self – Support Ontonagon Board of Commissioners, Ontonagon County – Opposed Ron Store, self – Opposed Page 1 of 2 U.P. Sportsmen Alliance – Opposed Sierra Club – Support Jeff Ratcliffe, Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance – Opposed Tim Lynott, Keweenaw Land Association – Opposed State Representative Dave Prestin, 108th House District – Opposed Jeffrey Towner, Laughing Whitefish Bird Alliance – Support Nick Occhipinti, MI League of Conservation Voters – Support Kall Morris Inc, Marquette, MI – Support Sarah Monte, Marquette Food Co-op – Support Garret Johnson, MI Nature Association – Support Ginny Landgon, self – Opposed Kayln Store, self – Opposed Brandon Erickson, self – Opposed Jeremy Applekamp, self – Opposed Jeremy Wuorenmaa, Western UP Planning and Development Region – Opposed Scott Everett, Lake States Lumber Association – Opposed Representative Greg Markkanen, HD 110 – Opposed Paul Anderson, City Manager, City of Ironwood – Opposed Emily Smith, Michigan Environmental Council – Support There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 4:17 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: February 6, 2024 Page 2 of 2
- Location
- the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2023-10-17
- Meeting id
- meeting-4014
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2023-10-17 15:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2023-2024
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Natural Resources and Agriculture,” /meetings/meeting-4014.
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