Mr. President , i yield the floor and suggest thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, im going to talk first about the devastating fires that are pounding my state and then im going to talk about the new legislation introduced earlier by our colleague senator graham, senator cassidy and senator heller. With respect to the fires, i spent much of last weekend essentially going from one base camp to another visiting six counties, to get updates at fire camps and Emergency Operations are . In these travels, i saw major fires burning in oregon from our northern border with Washington State to our southern border with california. Two of these fires were so large they cover more than one county by i believe it was important to visit both their eastern and their western fronts. Doing so in each case took almost two hours driving from just one side of the fire to the other. Of the 1. 5 million acres burning in the west last weekend almost 500,000 were burning in my home state alone. No
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The good morning. We call this hearing to order. So far 2017 as all the guests of the panel know in 2017, fires have burned oregon 8 million acres in the United States. We need to find solutions to address this threat to their communities and wildlife. Today the committee is going to hear testimony on three bills related to catastrophic wildfires burning across the west. Senate 605 relief for Forest Management projects which would address conflict in Circuit Court decisions and prevent close the ways in the Forest Management as a result of duplicate of consultation requirements. The committee will hear testimony on the bill as 1417 the Habitat Conservation restoration act of 2017 in the opinion in juniper trees that are Invasive Species that we dod to wildfires had compromised habitat across the west. We also have the senators 1731 t1731the Forest Management improvement act of 2017 which provides the Forest Service with a series of tools to address the evergrowing wildfire threats fill
Contributors to the books from democracy to freedom and no wall they can build. Watch coverage of the 2017 baltimore book festival saturday starting at noon eastern on cspan2s booktv. Wildfires in the west where the focus of an environment and Public Works Committee hearing in the senate yesterday. Members served on Forest Management experts on the impacts wildfires have had on the environment and the economy. From capitol hill, this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning, i called his hearing to order. So far in 2017 as all the guests on our panel know, in 2017, fires have burned more than 8 million acres in the United States. We need to find solutions to address this threat to our communities and wildlife. Today the committee will hear testimony and three bills related to catastrophic wildfires across the west. Senator daines introduce the litigation relief for Forest Management projects acts which w
With lynn olson on cspan2. Now, a Committee Hearing on how to improve Forest Management to better prevent wildfires. This is one hour, 45 minutes. [gavel pound] good morning. We call this hearing to order. So far in 2017, as all the guests of the panel know in 2017, fires have burned oregon 8 million acres in the United States. We need to find solutions to address this threat to communities and wildlife. Today the committee is going to hear testimony on three bills related to catastrophic wildfires burning across the west. Introducedes has senate 605 relief for Forest Management projects which would address conflict in Circuit Court decisions and prevent close the ways in the Forest Management as a result of duplicative consultation requirements. The committee will hear testimony on the bill as 1417 the Habitat Conservation restoration act of 2017 in the opinion in juniper trees that are Invasive Species that we do need to wildfires had compromised habitat across the west. We also have