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Jon Tester: “Your firefighting costs in 1995 were 16 percent. Today, it is 52 percent.”

On the recordApril 5, 2016
Your firefighting costs in 1995 were 16 percent. Today, it is 52 percent.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester highlights the rising costs of firefighting in forest management.

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