Jeff Merkley actually said...

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

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 ...

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

Outdoor recreation in Oregon accounts for $12.8 billion in consumer spending, $4 billion in wages and salaries, 141,000 direct Oregon jobs.