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Incredibly, the U.S. Forest Service turned them down. Kim Martin, the Incident Commander for the Forest Service, told Ron "The equipment is too heavy. It will tear up the land."

"We'd rather see it burn" added Martin

Un-FReepin-believable

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"We'd rather see it burn" added Martin

All federal agencies have this same attitude. Remember after the Challenger disaster when Rockwell offered to build a replacement Orbiter at no cost to the taxpayer?

NASA turned them down.