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Louisiana lawmakers might take another look at spending on fire protection

(The Center Square) — The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approved a series of mid-year budget adjustments Friday, including spending on firefighting that generated some important discussion.

Unprecedented Heat, Drought Pushing Southern Fire Danger to Extremes

States, including Oregon and Washington, are growing fewer trees Forest owners say that s a problem

× By Alex Brown, Stateline.org Share: Rows of conifers grow in a greenhouse at the Webster Forest Nursery, operated by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. Washington produces about 8 million seedlings a year for reforestation on state and private lands, but many other states have closed nurseries or cut production in recent years, leaving small forest owners without a crucial supply of trees. (Alex Brown/Stateline/The Pew Charitable Trusts/TNS) When wildfires ripped through Oregon last Labor Day, they burned huge swaths of forest, including 63,000 acres of smaller, private lands. Oregon state law requires forest owners to replant their land within two years of a wildfire, but many haven’t been able to: They used to rely heavily on state-run tree nurseries, but Oregon closed its nursery more than a decade ago.

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