WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing sounded the alarm on the Trump administration's failure to address a massive backlog of hazardous fuels buildup ahead of what could be a historic wildfire season in Oregon and the West.
"Between reduced goals for hazardous fuels treatment, layoffs and the budget cuts, I believe Donald Trump has set western states up to fail this season and in the years ahead," Wyden said to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz at the hearing to consider Donald Trump's FY2027 budget request for the U.S. Forest Service.
"Your agency is in charge of 193 million acres of public lands. Appar...