
Rep. Westerman, Sen. Risch: Western wildfires – as foresters we urge science-based solutions right now
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It is unacceptable to allow the fire season to become a year-round risk when we have tools at our disposal to reduce and prevent fires.
More than 80 million acres of our national forests are overgrown and in dire need of active management, making them tinderboxes for the smallest stray spark. The only way we can prevent wildfires from getting out of control is addressing them long before they ignite. It is unacceptable to allow the fire season to become a year-round risk when we have tools at our disposal to reduce and prevent fires. Blaming climate change for the fires and then refusing to implement any kind of on-the-ground solution is tantamount to fiddling while Rome burns. American forests are unhealthy, but we can change that.More Related News