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<br />2003
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<br />HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 03-1020
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<br />BY REPRESENTATIVES Wiens, Brophy, Cadman, Crane, Decker, May M.,
<br />Rhodes, Rippy, Smith, Spence, White, Clapp, Cloer, Fritz, Hall, Harvey, Hefley,
<br />Hoppe, King, Lundberg, McCluskey, Miller, Rose, Schultheis, Sinclair, Spradley,
<br />Stafford, and Young;
<br />also SENATORS Evans, Anderson, Andrews, Arnold, Cairns, Chlouber, Entz,
<br />Isgar, Johnson S., Kester, Lamborn, May R., McElhany, Owen, Sandoval, Taylor,
<br />and Teck.
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<br />CONCERNING SUPPORT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
<br />PROCEDURES THATVVOULDENABLE INCREASED FOREST
<br />MANAGEMENT TO HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF
<br />CATASTROPHIC VVILDFIRES.
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<br />WHEREAS, An April 1999 General Accounting Office report to the
<br />United States House of Representatives entitled "Western National Forests:
<br />A Cohesive Strategy is Needed to Address Catastrophic Wildfire Threats"
<br />cited that the most extensive and serious problem related to the health of
<br />national forests in the interior west is the over accumulation of vegetation,
<br />which has caused an increasing number of large, intense, uncontrollable,
<br />and catastrophically destructive wildfires; and
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