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Los Angeles Times
Support for Fix Our Forests Act
The "Fix Our Forests Act" aims to streamline forest management on public and tribal lands to combat increasingly severe wildfires. Supported by Republicans and the timber industry, it would reduce regulatory hurdles and limit environmental reviews for large-scale projects. Environmental groups oppose the bill, fearing it could lead to over-logging and harm local ecosystems, particularly in California's shrublands, but supporters emphasize the urgency of more active management to protect communities and ecosystems from devastating wildfires. The legislation awaits final Senate approval.
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