02/20/2026 12:00 PM House NATURAL RESOURCES

House Finance Department of Natural Resources Subcommittee (Alaska Legislature) · February 20, 2026

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Call to order and roll call

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Chair Shrogy called the meeting to order at 12:04 p.m., listed attending representatives (Freer, Mears, Hall, Sadler, Colom, Prox, Tomaszewski, and Chair Shrogy) and introduced the day's topic: an update on fire suppression from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

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The Alaska House Finance Department of Natural Resources subcommittee received a briefing from DNR on wildfire suppression, staffing, interagency agreements, 2025 season impacts including the Bear Creek and Himalaya Road fires, costs and reimbursement mechanisms, and preparedness actions; members asked about jurisdictional cost-sharing, the Northwest Compact, drones, tundra fires, and fuels mitigation funding.

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