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Tom Tiffany: “Agencies have been overstating their treatments by over 20%.”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

Rep. Tom Tiffany Speaks in Favor of His Legislation, the ACRES Act, on the House Floor

Published January 21, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:43

And that starts with holding our federal land management agencies accountable by requiring accurate reporting on the effectiveness of their work in fuel reduction. According to troubling reports. The situation is even worse than we have been led to believe as Agencies have been overstating their treatments by over 20%. Accurate reporting is necessary to broadly track the progress made on our larger wildfire mitigation targets as well as individual projects. (00:43–00:48)

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Claims that federal agencies exaggerate their hazardous fuel treatment reports by over 20%.

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