Mike Simpson actually said...

We need to actively manage a lot of these forests, and particularly around areas that have cost us a lot of money to fight them.

Emphasizing the need for better forest management to reduce wildfire costs.

04/09/2014

More Mike Simpson Quotes

A, we know all the smoke in the air from wildfires is bad.

I urge you to think about the broader economic impacts of some of these rollbacks.

I appreciate the work you do. It is, like I said, vitally important, and any way we can help, I am more than willing to help.

But it doesn't necessarily go back into the forestry program?