How has COVID19 changed the way state agencies respond to natural disasters and evacuation?
The 2020 wildfire event will enter the history books alongside the great fires of 1910 and the Tillamook Burn fires. This devastating weather and fire event came at a time when we are still in a recession and face one of our most challenging budget cycles.
Join Senator Roblan live during this full hour discussion on KXCR 90.7 with the latest information on our state agencies’ responses to COVID-19, the wildfires and recovery efforts being made around the state.
 October 6th Speakers include:
Federal Emergency Management Agency fema.gov
Doug Grafe, Chief of Fire Protection, Oregon Department of Forestry
Lisa Sumption, Director of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Fariborz Pakseresht, Director of the Oregon Department of Human Services
Alexis Taylor, Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture
Kenny LaPoint, Director of Public Affairs at Oregon Housing & Community Services (OHCS)
What: KXCR 90.7 FM "Fireside (Weekly) Chats"
When: Tuesday, October 6
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Join us live on Twitter and Instagram or tune into on KXCR ttps://www.twitch.tv/kxcr_streaming or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kxcr90.7/
Next week's chat: Can industries survive Covid 19 and the Wildfires of 2020?
The coronavirus and wildfires impact on how Oregon's industries operate for the foreseeable future, and the measures taken to help businesses in current wildfire evacuation zones will be the topic of our October 13th discussion.
October 13th Speakers
Paul Durant, of Durant vineyards, Redridge farms & the Oregon Olive Mill. Paul will discuss the wine industry and the impact of 2020 wildfires in Yamhill & Dayton counties, PPP and growing olives to make olive oil.
Nick Edwards, Secretary of the Shrimp Producers Marketing Cooperative. SPMC is the largest commercial fishing association on the West Coast. Nick is the first US fisherman on the board of ICWPF, International Cold Water Prawn Forum. The organization markets and promotes cold water shrimp in the European Union.
Yelena Nowack, Director of the Oregon Trawl Commission (OTC). She represents three Oregon fisheries, the whiting fishery, the bottom fish Industry and Oregon’s Pink Shrimp fishery. We’re very lucky to have her passion at the helm of the OTC.
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email: Sen.ArnieRoblan@oregonlegislature.gov I phone: 503-986-1705
address: 900 Court St NE, S-417, Salem, OR, 97301
website: http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/roblan
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