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[email protected] Lawmakers looking to forest thinning to cut down on fires By MIKE DORSEY Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to res- that has changed the way we look at California is having what could be “Because of these regulations, MediaNews Sacramento Bureau urrect last year’s agreement with fires and fire safety in the Tahoe its most expensive firefighting sea- California is growing more timber SACRAMENTO - The state needs Nevada, which would require inten- Basin.” son ever, having already spent $285 than it is harvesting,” Cox said, “the to be more aggressive in thinning out sive logging in rural areas. The Emergency California million in the last six weeks as fire- rate is 170 percent and growing, and forests - and less concerned about “We’re asking him to do basically Nevada Tahoe Basin Fire fighters struggle to control hundreds we certainly need to return to a more conserving trees - if they are to con- what he did last year for the people Commission Report recommended of hard-to-control blazes. balanced, regulatory environment tain wildfires, Republican lawmak- of the Tahoe area,” said Sam creating specific spaces between The problem, said Senator Dave that encourages sound forest man- ers said Wednesday at a Capitol hear- Aanestad, R-Grass Valley, the letter’s bushes and trees, which creates a Cox, R-Sacramento, is that the agement.” ing of rural lawmakers.