Can fires on the Colorado Plateau be battled from Washington, D.C.? Get opinions on the implementation of the National Fire Plan.
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| 2000 Pumpkin Fire. Private property, "Old
Boy Scout Ranch." USFS Engine (Type III.) [Historic structures
at the edge of the meadow.] |
Dan Oltrogge
Aviation Operations Manager, Grand Canyon National
Park
"The president asked the secretaries [of Interior and Agriculture], 'Come up with a plan that may prevent us, or help us from not going through what we went through in the year 2000."
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H.B. "Doc" Smith
Program liaison for the NAU Ecological Restoration
Institute
"There aren't very many experienced firefighters to carry on…part of the money is being used to hire permanent people to start becoming these experienced firefighters."
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