Must Our Forests Suffer a Hellish Fate?

摘要

The U.S. senate should immediately pass the healthy Forests Restoration Act that recently cleared the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. The summer season is upon us, and unless quick action is taken we'll once again face another round of unnecessary, devastating forest fires. These catastrophic conflagrations cost lives―23 firefighters last year―degrade air and water quality, jeopardize federally protected wildlife species and endanger local communities. One forest fire near Denver last summer dumped tons of mud and soot into the city's largest reservoir for drinking water and created the worst air pollution in the area's history.