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Office of the Secretary |
Contact: Mark
Pfeifle or John Wright
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For Immediate Release:October 30, 2003 |
202-208-6416
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Agriculture
Secretary Ann M. Veneman and Interior Secretary Gale Norton |
"The legislation is needed to help the land management agencies decrease the wildland fire risk to communities by implementing hazardous fuel reduction projects on federal land through a collaborative process. It also supports the President's Healthy Forests Initiative--launched more than a year ago--to address the growing decline in forest and rangeland health caused by the unnatural buildup of hazardous fuels and increasing disease and insect infestations. "We urge Congress to
act quickly and we look forward to working with Congress to secure final
action." |