Dear friends and neighbors, While we can’t predict when or where a wildfire might break out, we can take action to reduce the size of potential wildfires – and two bills that were recently signed into law will do just that. I sponsored both of these bills to eliminate a couple of common sources of fuel that feed wildfires, which have grown in frequency and intensity as a result of climate change. SB 6121 will speed the removal of slash – piles of dead forest growth common in timber areas – by allowing an environmentally friendly method of incineration that releases fewer emissions and creates biochar, a byproduct useful in agriculture. Until now, companies have had little incentive to remove slash, so the piles ...