Question Earthority!

“A few weeks ago, the secretary of Agriculture gave the U.S. Forest Service a special award for ‘exemplary leadership and accomplishment in reducing the risk of catastrophic fire.’ At that time, wildfires in 2007 had already burned nearly 1,900 homes and other structures along with nearly twice as many acres as the average burned in any decade prior to 2003. The fires that have roared through Southern California this month have only made this award more ironic. The firestorms will lead some to propose bigger budgets for the Forest Service and other fire-suppression agencies. That is exactly the wrong solution. If anything, the Forest Service has too much money. Its fire budgets have quintupled in the past 15 years.” (10/30/07)