On Snowy Nights
This year, On Snowy Nights also marks a moment worth noting. Jim recently received his third, First Place Award of
TFPA Fundamentals 1. What are the limits on projects? Type, size, funds, etc. There are no type, size or funding
Prepared Statement of Cody Desautel, Land and Property Director Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Oversight Hearing on “Tribal Forest
Managing Hazardous Fuel in Mixed Ownership Landscapes Authors: A. Paige Fischer US Forest Service, Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center,
Statement of Aaron Miles, Member Clearwater Basin Collaborative Before The U. S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, June 25,
“I am extremely frustrated. I am vice-chair of the Senate Finance Committee in Idaho and sit on the Transportation and
“Collaboration is a tool – just like a lot of other tools Congress has given the Forest Service to help it
Wildfire suppression costs are soaring to over one billion tax dollars per year. This is causing a fiscal crisis in
INSTITUTIONAL COST FACTORS: PERVERSE INCENTIVES, PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, AND COST-SHARE AGREEMENTS Congressional Blank Check for Suppression Several critics have focused on
SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL COST FACTORS: FUELS, HOMES, AND CLIMATE CHANGE Fuels Accumulation Coinciding with the rise of wildfire activity in the late
INTRODUCTION: BIG FIRES=BIGGER COSTS In 1908 a Congressional legislative rider created the Forest Fires Emergency Act that gave the
LESSONS LEARNED, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, SUMMARY Wildfire activity has increased in the U.S. over the last 20 years,
CONTROLLING SUPPRESSION COSTS As this paper has demonstrated, there are a number of socioenvironmental, institutional, and operational factors that are
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