Tiffany, Stauber, and other members of Congress send letter to Canadian Ambassador about wildfire concerns
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Tom Tiffany (WI-07) and Pete Stauber (MN-08) along with other members of Congress sent a letter to Canada’s Ambassador.
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R) Wisconsin
It urged stronger forest management practices to mitigate wildfire risk after consecutive years of heavy smoke blowing south from Canada to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
It read in part, “We know a key driver of this issue has been a lack of active forest management, we’ve also seen things like arson as another way multiple large wildfires have ignited in Canada. With all the technology that we have at our disposal, both in preventing and fighting wildfires, this worrisome trend can be reversed if proper action is taken.”
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It continued, “Given the significance of this issue we urge you to relay this message to your government, in particular Natural Resources Canada and the Canadian Forest Service.”
The letter was also signed by Brad Finstad (MN-01), Tom Emmer (MN-06), Michelle Fischbach (MN-07) and Glenn Grothman (WI-06).
Rep. Pete Stauber (R) Minnesota’
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