Bipartisan Senate bill aims to prevent Western wildfires
WASHINGTON (AP) " As wildfires rage across California and the West, a bipartisan group of senators is seeking to help rural communities better prepare for and prevent catastrophic wildfires.A bill sponsored by senators from three Northwestern states would authorize hundreds of millions in new spending to help at-risk communities prevent wildfires and create a pilot program to cut down trees in the most fire-prone areas.Under a streamlined approval process, forest managers would [...]
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