On the recordMarch 9, 2010
It is not acceptable to be losing 20 to 40 Americans to avalanches and so many on Federal lands, without the agency doing what it can to predict, control, and mitigate.
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Wyden emphasizes the need for federal action to prevent avalanche-related deaths.
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