Fighting fires, or shifting public lands from federal control?

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, in a press briefing Tuesday on California’s raging forest fires, called for more management of federal forest lands to be shifted to local authorities, arguing that this would help prevent fires. The call, which can be achieved only by federal legislation, aligns closely with bills offered… » Read More

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