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Idaho's Marc Johnson weighs in on firefighting budgeting in op ed in New York Times

Submitted by Dan Popkey on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 9:35am, updated on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 9:44am

Noting the busy 2012 fire season, the former chief of staff to Gov. Cecil Andrus calls for multi-year budgeting and other reforms. The piece appeared Wednesday in "Room for Debate," an online opinion section.

Writes Johnson: "If the American taxpayer is to ever get a break on the continually escalating costs of wildfire suppression, agency managers must be given budgets and discretion that more clearly reflect a realistic multi-year strategy."

Johnson is identified as president of the Andrus Center for Public Policy, which is at Boise State University. Johnson also is a partner at Gallatin Public Affairs, a regional PR, strategy and lobbying firm.

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Pyne

Submitted by YPmule on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 10:59am.

As usual Stephen Pyne's comments are right on. Locking it up and letting it burn is not the answer. Nor is clear cutting. There is a middle ground but the extremists won't allow that.

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