10/23/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"I think that just comes as a very day-to-day experience for all of us in the Northwest."
"I am concerned that we are shifting 35 percent of the current air tanker contracts to call-when-needed."
"Now this new NIFC forecast will have the Pacific Northwest in July/August on the side of what we have seen in the past few years in terms of a fire season."
"The changing climate and environment is making fire a more challenging environment for our Forest Service, for our wildland firefighters, for our communities."