Show I ii' " tr i i i ri ii'"' "“"Ti rrin 'Tinr) The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday August 29 1996 — Page 5 Crews keep eye on conditions Timber industry: Let us cut the fuel :j i GRANTS PASS Ore (AP) — (with wildfires burning on more l than 490188 acres in the West US Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt MY he nay send in the Marines During a visit Wednesday to fire camps in northeastern Oregon Babbitt said he is considering mobilizing a US Marine Corps battalion at smp Pendleton Calif to join 500 A-- - VS Army mountain troops from Fort Carson Colo on the fire lines i ji "There is no silver bullet out there" Babbitt said of filling the ifWj for more firefighters “If it nibofitinttes to escalate 1 think we can make it It is going to take an effort” itii The Colorado soldiers were to three expected to particularly troublesome fires in : northeastern Oregon later today as the PSik Meadow Fire southwest of Sisters was declared contained inten-TSi- ’ ve Babbitt earlier told NBC’s Today trained in firefighting and that’s a key component Vft put such an important stress on safety" Knap- oenbereer said WASHINGTON (AP) — With about 130 forest fires burning in Western stales timber industry officials are asking the government to allow spccded-u-p logging in national forests to remove wood they say is fueling the “We haven’t had any fatalities or serious injuries this summer with all these thousands of people on the line That takes training and that’s reflected in the military people being brought out on the fines" he flames Reductions in national forest logging over the past decade have Nearly 20000 firefighters battled fires burning Wednesday in Oregon California Idaho Nevada and Mon- - contributed to the overgrown environmental laws Sto isrepeal not the problem’’ The government needs to be able to manage the forests without a congressional mandate he said Nearly 20000 people battled blazes on more than 490000 acres Wednesday across Califor- nia Idaho Montana Nevada and Oregon Washington Wyoming Thomas said the fires may of make this season worse than the the American Forest A Paper record years of 1988 and 1994 conditions that providf fuel for flies Henson Moore president A short stretch of cooler and Association said at a news ference Wednesday “As you cut down on the sometimes rainy weather gave fire- fighters an advantage Wednesday but more than 37000 lightning con- with two months remaining in the current fire season har- Moore blamed “government red tape and environmental extremism” for the fiery out- strikes since Monday across western vest you increase the fuel load and that increases the likelihood Wyoming had crews working to put out new fires before they grow ' “One wave has crashed but we can see the next one coming” said for forest fires" Moore said However Forest Service Chief Montana eastern Idaho and Jack Ward Thomas said that show that be intends to recommend Don Smurthwaite spokesman for That President Clinton seek addition- the National Interagency Fire Cenal emergency firefighting funds ter in Boise Idaho “It may be from Congress amounting to tens of another day or two before we really millions of dollars understand how many fires started Babbitt’s comments were good because of the lightning in the last news to fire managers 24 hours” ifli'“The resources are stretched real Babbitt said firefighter morale nitfain” Tom Knappenberger was high and coordination between state and federal agencies was effec-- 1 spokesman for the Northwest InterCenter Coordination in d five but people and equipment were agency said Wednesday night “The reaching their limits In northern Wyoming hot dry "more resources we have the sooner 'we can get these fires under con- winds fanned wildfires to 1000 AP photo acres in nigged country Three old trol” to Traffic is alowed the Angeles pass through Important to fire managers is that ranching structures were lost to a tones' of Interstate 5 California's 'the troops are trained firefighters blaze 24 miles east of Thennopolis National Forest on the twin main artary north of Castalc Calif Wednesday “The military we get have been A cabin burned near Big TYails Port-Ian- north-sou- blaming government regulations oversimplified the complex problem of managing forests There isn’t a quick and easy solution he said “I would say that we need a really good look at where we are and some pretty clear statement and vision from the Congress and the president where we ought to go’’ Thomas said Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said the timber industry was “using these fires as a method to break He Mid 752-89- 20 T Moore said that change was more moderate than those included in a ulvage timber law that Congress approved and President Clinton signed into law last summer The law exempted the harvest of dead and dying trees from most environmental regulations th ft A i: oat v vvr 1 WMO N 70 ' WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27 NUMBERS Btogo 6 play r w 7- - 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