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  • Investigative arm of Congress (GAO) says wildfire strategy needs focus

    02/18/2005 5:02:27 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 4 replies · 278+ views
    San Diego Union -Tribune ^ | 2/18/05 | Jeff Bernard - AP
    GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The U.S. Forest Service and Department of the Interior need to develop a long-term wildfire strategy that gives Congress a better idea how much money is really needed to thin forests and where the work is needed most, the Government Accountability Office said. "While the agencies have adopted various strategy documents to address the nation's wildland fire problems, none of these documents constitutes a cohesive strategy that explicitly identifies the long-term options and related funding needed to reduce fuels in national forests and rangelands and to respond to wildland fire threats," said a GAO report made...