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Jim Costa: We spend all the money that we set aside for forest management, and we end up in the billions of dollars spending money…

On the recordSeptember 28, 2021
We spend all the money that we set aside for forest management, and we end up in the billions of dollars spending money for fire suppression.
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Jim Costa
Democratic · California

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Costa points out the financial burden of fire suppression on forest management budgets.

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