Posted on 09/02/2007 7:28:52 AM PDT by george76
The Forest Service has developed a five-year plan to combat the infestation, but officials acknowledge the work and the new money will reach only a very small part of the 755,000 acres at risk.
Chandler said the agency hopes to secure another $6.2 million for additional work next year.
Because resources are slim, the Forest Service is carefully choosing the most at-risk areas to protect.
“The work is going to be very strategic,” Severson said, “with priorities being to protect human life, public infrastructure and very critical watersheds.”
five-year plan? Hmmm where have I heard that before?
Pages from the Soviet Department of Forestry’s manual?
The Forest Service is a bureaucratic joke.
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