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Forestry commission warns of growing wildfire risk; committee confirms three forestry commissioners
Summary
The Tennessee Forestry Commission presented its annual report, flagged growing wildland‑urban interface and volunteer firefighting needs, and the Senate confirmed three appointees to the Forestry Commission.
Tom Midgett, chairman of the Tennessee State Forestry Commission, told the Senate Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee that population growth has pushed more Tennesseans into the wildland‑urban interface and increased the risk and human cause of wildfire. The committee then advanced three gubernatorial appointees to the Forestry Commission.
Midgett presented the commission’s fiscal‑year report and thanked Division of Forestry staff for work on timber growth, recreation management of 16 state forests and wildland fire response. He said roughly 87% of the state now sits in the wildland‑urban…
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