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Iron County commissioners back regional emergency push urging Forest Service to speed timber sales and thinning
Summary
Commissioners read a draft letter declaring a regional emergency and asked the U.S. Forest Service to immediately open approved timber sales and accelerate mechanical thinning, blaming decades of overstocked forests and regulatory delays for escalating wildfire risk.
The Iron County Commission unanimously agreed to support a draft regional emergency letter asking the U.S. Forest Service to rapidly activate approved timber sales and prioritise mechanical thinning to reduce fuel loads, commissioners said at their August meeting.
Commission Chair (speaker identified in the transcript as Speaker 3) read a draft that described the Monroe Fire as having burned more than 63,000 acres and said wildfire destruction threatens communities, watersheds, infrastructure and air quality. "In response to this…
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