After years of working to address the problem of fire borrowing—which has kneecapped the Forest Service and the Interior Department for years—Congress finally passed a so-called “fire fix,” at last giving land managers the flexibility to protect Western communities from wildfire.
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Mar 29, 2018
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Subject: USFS, Wildfire
By Center for Western Priorities
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