Wyden Pushes for Increased Investment in the Wildfire Resilience Workforce, Better Firefighter Pay
March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023
WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden this week sounded the alarm at a Senate hearing on the devastating impact of the climate crisis, increasingly dangerous wildfires and the need for additional investments in the wildfire resilience workforce in Oregon and nationwide.
"The reality is these fires are not your grandfather's fires. They are bigger, hotter, more powerful and we get them almost year . . .
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden this week sounded the alarm at a Senate hearing on the devastating impact of the climate crisis, increasingly dangerous wildfires and the need for additional investments in the wildfire resilience workforce in Oregon and nationwide.
"The reality is these fires are not your grandfather's fires. They are bigger, hotter, more powerful and we get them almost year . . .