WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto's (D-Nev.) bill to use strategic grazing to reduce the risk of wildfires unanimously passed the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR). The Strategic Grazing to Reduce the Risk of Wildfire Act, co-led by Senator John Curtis (R-Utah), now heads to the Senate floor for a vote.
Historic drought across the West has led to devastating fires that grow in scale and intensity every year. In Nevada, 8.8 million (https://nifc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/64aef08deef0478ba281844a6d570897) acres have burned in the past two decades, threatening people's homes and livelihoods. Cortez Masto's legislation wo...