$850 million for fire management? Track the stimulus bill

We just added a "widget" so you can track of the progress of the stimulus bill, or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, that Wildfire Today covered on January 30. The bill may appropriate $850 million for wildland fire management and related activities.

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Who knows if this windfall for fire management will come to pass or not. On Monday, House Republican leaders put out a list of what they call wasteful provisions in the Senate version of the bill that is being debated. Two items on their list, according to CNN, are "$650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands" and "$500 million for state and local fire stations".