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Posts Tagged West

DeGette seeks to win permanent health insurance for seasonal firefighters

By | 07.12.12 | 3:10 pm

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is moving forward with a bill she introduced Tuesday that would extend health insurance coverage to seasonal firefighters and their families.

Forestry budgets sapped by scourges of warming climate

By | 03.06.12 | 2:42 pm

The warming climate is breeding more beetle-ravaged forest and prolonged fire seasons, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell testified before a Senate committee on Tuesday, as he fielded questions about the White House’s proposed agency budget for fiscal year 2013.