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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: pezz who wrote (90)9/1/2000 6:57:28 AM
From: long-gone   of 10042
 
Environmental laws curb firefighting
By Audrey Hudson
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Environmental regulations meant to protect plants, streams and fish are restricting the use of fire retardant and bulldozers to fight Western fires, according to residents and firefighters alike. Top Stories
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Firefighters say the use of bulldozers to draw fire lines is being severely restricted and they are forced to chop trees by hand. The use of fire retardant is prohibited near Montana streams containing Bull trout, which are listed as a "threatened" species under the Endangered Species Act.
"Once the fire starts and you have all these criteria, it just throws out every fire plan and training about how to address wild-land fires," said Cy Jamison, former director of the Bureau of Land Management.
"If you put all these caveats on what fire bosses can do and what equipment is used you just tie the hands of the professionals whose job it is to put the fire out," said Mr. Jamison, who served under President Bush.
Westerners, who are accustomed to assertive firefighting policies under previous administrations, say environmental policies of the Clinton-Gore administration are crippling efforts to extinguish fires
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