WILDFIRE NEWS OF THE DAY - 021814

United States

(1) Politicians from several western states are pushing forward the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act which would allocate $412 million to help with wildfire mitigation efforts through thinning of timber
Western lawmakers push legislation to prevent wildfires

California

(2) Wildfire NOTD subscriber Rich Brooks, a Reporter for the Riverside Press-Enterprise (www.pe.com), provided an update on a 5-acre wildfire near the Southern California community of Good Hope
PERRIS: Good Hope blaze contained at 5 acres (UPDATED)

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