From my Obama missive this evening (quoting OPB no less):
Millions of dollars in federal stimulus funds are now available in Oregon and Washington for public lands projects. The money is expected to create hundreds of jobs. The U.S. Forest Service will start awarding $10 million in contracts this week for hazardous fuel reduction projects in Oregon. That work will go to private companies already under contract with the Forest Service and is expected to employ about a hundred workers. “It’s the kind of work we’ve been doing for many years. Reducing fuel in the fire prone areas, thinning trees out,” says Tom Knappenberger, a spokesman for the Forest Service. “In some cases, it’s mechanical. In other cases, it’s prescribed burns. All the normal tools we use to reduce the fuels in places that are likely to burn and would cause threats to resources.”
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