Burn This Issue! A Primer on Wildland Fire
By AAN Staff
june 12, 2003 03:48 pm
With another fire season looming in the
American West, Montana Governor Judy
Martz hopes to get a jump on the flames
by hosting the Western Governors'
Association in Missoula, which is being billed as a Healthy Forest
Summit. "The purpose of the Summit,"
the WGA has announced, "is to
accelerate locally driven projects that will
prevent catastrophic wildfires by reducing
fuel loads and restoring lands." In other
words, Missoula will this weekend
play host to to an official pep rally of
support for President George W. Bush's
latest bout with resource policy
doublespeak. To prepare, Missoula Independent devotes its
entire issue to the theme of fire, including
instructions for turning this week's
newpaper into a flaming fire kite. Burn,
baby, burn.