Vilsack asks for long-term solution for forest-fire funds

“In a smoldering letter to lawmakers,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Congress failed to enact a long-term plan to pay the cost of fighting forest fires, despite giving the Forest Service a healthy increase in funding this year, reports the Washington Post. “He issued what amounts to a threat, saying he will no longer rob from… » Read More

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