Jeff Merkley actually said...

We should absolutely stop fire-borrowing. It shuts down all the other components of the Forest Service when we have these high fire years.

We do not want a delay. But if there is a way to include an alternative without that delay, and apparently there may not be, but that would ...

The longer fire season is based on the hotter and drier weather, which is a big contributor to those increasing costs.

I certainly support that, and the State has put money into it.