COBB, Calif. – Cobb residents packed the Cobb Elementary School on Monday night to hear a number of agencies and organizations discuss the issue of tree removal following the Valley fire.

County Supervisor Rob Brown hosted the event, which was intended to discuss the reasons for removing thousands of trees in the 76,067-acre fire area.

He said the forest is one of the single most important reasons why many people chose to live on Cobb.

Brown opened the meeting before inviting the representatives of various organizations to address the group.

Below is a list of speakers and the times in the video when they spoke, as well as their topics:

– Cal Fire Assistant Chief Jim Wright, 5:34: Tree health and reasons for removing trees.

– Phil Frisbie, public information officer, Caltrans District 1, 19:30: Caltrans' role in tree removal.

– Carl Schoenhofer, Pacific Gas and Electric senior division manager, 52:44: PG&E and the hazardous tree removal process, protection of power facilities.

– Rob Brown and other officials, 56:35: Explaining the “x” marks on the trees, removing felled trees from lots that are in the way of the cleanup.

– Korinn Woodard, district conservationist, United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Services, 1:10:40: Tree cleanup programs.

– Greg Giusti, University of California Cooperative Extension director and advisor for forests and wildland ecology in Lake and Mendocino counties, 1:13:13: The reforestation process.

– General questions and answers: 1:54:55 to the end of the meeting, 2:34:50.