It would be a shorter period of time than red fir, I would assume?

It is interesting. Does that include the time of the year also?

In the face of this emergency, the administration must ignore politics and focus on results.

S. 2798 recognizes that we are facing a forest health disaster in the West, and we must respond with the same intensity that we would to other natural disasters.

I want to work with Senators Bingaman, Bennett, and Udall to address this issue that is so important to New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.

Interesting. Thank you.

It is hard for me to believe that a dead stand, particularly if it has still got needles on it, won't burn faster and hotter than a live stand will.

I probably would beg to differ with you if that was the conclusion that the studies that you cited reached.

I want to make that clarification.

I am deeply disappointed to see that the President's budget does not allocate a single penny to addressing this multi-State emergency.

The fire burns very differently when it hits an area that has previously either been harvested or been burned previously.

S. 2798 is a simple, common sense bill that could be easily implemented by land management agencies.