WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. John Curtis issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced the Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act (https://www.curtis.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/HFTA-Final.pdf), bipartisan legislation to help communities and forest managers remove byproducts of forest thinning operations that counterintuitively increase wildfire risk.
"Across Utah and the West, we know that active forest management is essential to reducing wildfire risk and protecting communities. But when the cost of hauling woody biomass becomes a barrier, hazardous fuels can remain on the landscape and undermine th...