U.S. Ag Secretary Vilsack says nation, Oregon facing 'larger challenges'
PETER WONG Oregon Capital Bureau Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says Congress needs to do for the national forests what the Oregon Legislature and Gov. Kate Brown have just done to boost firefighting efforts and reduce the threat of wildfires, more of them likely to occur with a warming climate. Vilsack spoke with reporters Tuesday after he and Brown toured a farm near Salem and were briefed by officials about the status of wildfires, particularly the Bootleg fire that has consumed more than 400,000 acres northeast of Klamath Falls. Much of that acreage is within the Fremont-Wi...
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