John Salazar: “We want to make sure that States remain and are allowed to maintain an option of when and where drilling should take…”

It is very difficult to justify diverting even more resources to manage paperwork for a permit that is duplicative of other regulatory programs and has no appreciable environmental benefits.

We have been able to address some of the issues along the urban interface areas, but, as you see, the devastation is incredible in Colorado.

I will not tolerate the kind of improper actions highlighted in the Inspector General's findings.

I believe it is time we looked for a bipartisan legislation that will once again allow forest-management decisions to be made by those who wear the emblem of the Forest Service.