07/18/2012
https://congress.gov...
"we spent almost $400 million putting that fire out, and we lost 2.5 billion in assets."
"We are putting these intense loads of fire fuel, and we are burning it at such an intense heat that it is actually sterilizing soil."
"So it is not just about bark beetles, it is about cankers and blights."
"It is time for a paradigm shift in restoring our landscape so that national forests can once again meet the purposes for which they were established."