"Healthy forests require active management in the form of mechanical thinning, prescribed fires, and other activities to ensure they do not become overgrown tinderboxes, as we see now."
"I would assure you our scientists suggest that these western landscapes have an incredible capability to absorb fire and keep on going."
"Just to ensure that I have understood, and the rest of the Committee is following along, that is because natural fires that were coming through would have processed and would have taken out trees over..."
"In advance of the Subcommittee's September 24, 2020 hearing, The 2020 Wildfire Year: Response and Recovery Efforts..."
"I request that you include these documents in the permanent record of the hearing, as they articulate Western Governors' policy positions..."
"Thank you for your consideration of this request."
"2020 has been an unprecedented fire year. Over 7 million acres have burned nationwide."
"H.R. 7978 is a misguided step in the wrong direction that will not adequately protect communities from wildfire."
"Rather than supporting H.R. 7978 in the name of fire safety, we urge support by the House for legislation which focuses on science-based methods to mitigate wildfire risk."
"Most important to this issue is the reality that human caused climate change has increased droughts; in turn, this has increased fire risk and prevalence in the West."
"We believe it is appropriate and necessary for policymakers to seek solutions to the tremendous challenges posed by today's unprecedented wildfires, including taking actions to aggressively reduce gre..."
"I continue to think that repeated attempts to cut public health programs... I really cannot help but wonder about the role that PREDICT could have played in the lead-up to COVID-19."