As Wildfires Increase, Manchin, Barrasso Urge GAO to Review Federal Land and Wildfire Management Practices - West Virginia Daily News

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As Wildfires Increase, Manchin, Barrasso Urge GAO to Review Federal Land and Wildfire Management Practices - West Virginia Daily News

Washington, DC (WVDN) – Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the U.S. Forest Service’s practices concerning forest management, land management plans and firefighting equipment.  “The increasingly devastating outcomes from wildfires in the United States requ…