Western US lawmakers push to protect watersheds from impacts of wildfires

A bipartisan team of lawmakers from Colorado and Utah are urging Congress to help safeguard the nation’s watersheds by passing a new bill, the Watershed Protection and Forest Recovery Act, which is aimed at expediting the cleanup of contamination caused by wildfires.

Western US lawmakers push to protect watersheds from impacts of wildfires

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