We need to find solutions to address this threat to our communities and to wildlife.
As a Wyoming official and a resident, can you describe what impacts these fires are having on the physical health of the people of the West?
We must take immediate steps to improve the health of our Nation's forestland by being much more aggressive and proactive when it comes to f...
leads to conditions that are quite unhealthy and even dangerous.
In 2017 alone, schools in Oregon, Montana, and even Florida have canceled classes to keep children inside and away from the smoke.
Decades of fire suppression and a rapid decline in active management have led to overly dense forests susceptible to disease and to pest out...
These hot, fast-moving fires are unpredictable and cause significant damage to the ecosystem and surrounding communities.
I appreciate the invitation and opportunity to speak today on behalf of a bill that I introduced in August.
There are things that we can do to make our forests more resilient and to restore a more natural role of fire in our ecosystem.
I believe my bill being discussed here today offers commonsense solutions that would help solve our problems of declining forest health.
I urge my colleagues to support this bill.