Washington, March 25 -- Congresswoman Andrea Salinas issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Congresswoman Val Hoyle (OR-04) led ten of their colleagues from Oregon and Washington in a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum; U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz; and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Dr. Neil Jacobs, expressing their concern about the heightened risk of a devastating wildfire season, raising questions about the steps the officials have taken to prepare for wildfire season, and urging them to use every available tool to prepare for emergencies.
The lawmakers write that the Pacific Northwest has experienced an atypicall...