01/07/2009
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"So in your view if we do nothing, what are the consequences of, you know, what is happening with fires then?"
"I am concerned with the ever increasing need to fire borrow money from fire prevention activities in the declining health of our national forests."
"The Administration seems intent on wanting more money for a fire cure while refusing to engage, I believe, in any serious land management fire prevention reforms."
"If we are going to increase fire prevention activities that Congress needs to direct and mandate results and outcomes."