Lawmakers Clash Over Forest Management Resolution Amid Rising Wildfire Threat

Lawmakers engaged in a heated debate over a resolution that would dictate strategies to mitigate the increasing threat of forest fires.
The House Committee on Natural Resources convened on June 13 as Republicans and Democrats clashed over legislation regarding forest management.
Democrats asserted that addressing climate change was the only answer to combating wildfires; Republicans rallied behind HR 188 (pdf), the “Proven Forest Management Act” introduced by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) to cope with the devastation.
HR 188 aims to expand the current Categorical Exclusion (CE) available exclusively in the Lake Tahoe Basin to encompass the entire National Forest System and all public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management….}