{"id":6025,"date":"2014-07-23T18:43:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T22:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/oregon-senators-seek-wildfire-funds\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:17","slug":"oregon-senators-seek-wildfire-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/oregon-senators-seek-wildfire-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Los senadores de Oreg\u00f3n buscan fondos para incendios forestales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>WASHINGTON \u2014 Mientras los incendios forestales contin\u00faan ardiendo en Oreg\u00f3n, los senadores Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden escribieron a los l\u00edderes del Senado el martes, inst\u00e1ndolos a votar a favor de la solicitud de presupuesto suplementario de la administraci\u00f3n Obama, que incluye $615 millones en fondos de emergencia para la extinci\u00f3n de incendios forestales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>A los dem\u00f3cratas de Oreg\u00f3n se unieron otros 10 dem\u00f3cratas, en su mayor\u00eda de estados occidentales, para firmar cartas al l\u00edder de la mayor\u00eda del Senado, Harry Reid, dem\u00f3crata por Nevada, y al l\u00edder de la minor\u00eda, Mitch McConnell, republicano por Kentucky. La presidenta del Comit\u00e9 de Asignaciones del Senado, Barbara Mikulski, dem\u00f3crata por Maryland, y el miembro de alto rango Richard Shelby, republicano por Alabama, tambi\u00e9n recibieron copias de la carta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cHay grandes incendios activos en muchos estados del oeste y cada d\u00eda comienzan nuevos incendios. Tanto Oreg\u00f3n como Washington han declarado estados de emergencia, reconociendo que el alcance, la amplitud y la gravedad de los incendios forestales han abrumado las capacidades locales y representan una amenaza a la vida, la seguridad y la propiedad\u201d, afirma la carta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>La carta tambi\u00e9n ped\u00eda una votaci\u00f3n en el pleno sobre la legislaci\u00f3n escrita por Wyden y el senador Mike Crapo, republicano por Idaho, que tratar\u00eda el 1 por ciento m\u00e1s grande de los incendios forestales, que consumen el 30 por ciento del presupuesto federal para extinci\u00f3n de incendios, como desastres naturales como tornados o huracanes. . La respuesta a estos incendios catastr\u00f3ficos se financiar\u00eda a trav\u00e9s de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Merkley ha copatrocinado esta legislaci\u00f3n, y un proyecto de ley similar, patrocinado por los representantes Kurt Schrader, dem\u00f3crata por Oregon, y Mike Simpson, republicano por Idaho, est\u00e1 pendiente en la C\u00e1mara.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>La legislaci\u00f3n est\u00e1 dise\u00f1ada para poner fin al \u201cpr\u00e9stamo para incendios\u201d, en el que las agencias de gesti\u00f3n de tierras \u201ctoman prestados\u201d fondos de otros proyectos, incluida la tala de \u00e1rboles peque\u00f1os y maleza que se queman f\u00e1cilmente en los incendios forestales, para pagar los costos de combatir los incendios forestales. Si bien el Congreso a menudo rellena estas cuentas m\u00e1s tarde, la reducci\u00f3n de combustibles peligrosos y otros proyectos pueden retrasarse o cancelarse, lo que generar\u00e1 mayores costos de incendio en el futuro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>&quot;Esta no es una forma de financiar responsablemente la gesti\u00f3n de incendios forestales en este pa\u00eds&quot;, afirma la carta. &quot;No podemos darnos el lujo de esperar un a\u00f1o m\u00e1s para solucionar este problema urgente&quot;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Los otros senadores que firmaron la carta fueron Tom Udall, DN.M., Tammy Baldwin, dem\u00f3crata por Wisconsin, Maria Cantwell, dem\u00f3crata por Washington, Dianne Feinstein, dem\u00f3crata por California, Mark Udall, dem\u00f3crata por Colorado, Jon Tester. , D-Mont., John Walsh, D-Mont., Patty Murray, D-Wash., Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., y Michael Bennet, D-Colo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Wyden y Merkley enviaron una carta por separado el martes al jefe del Servicio Forestal de EE. UU., Tom Tidwell, y a Neil Kornze, director de la Oficina de Administraci\u00f3n de Tierras, pidi\u00e9ndoles que intenten asegurarse de que Oreg\u00f3n tenga constantemente los recursos adecuados durante la desafiante temporada de incendios de este a\u00f1o.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Con m\u00e1s de 16 incendios forestales activos, que abarcan m\u00e1s de 585.000 acres en Oreg\u00f3n, el gobernador John Kitzhaber declar\u00f3 el estado de emergencia este mes, se\u00f1ala la carta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cSi bien entendemos la necesidad de equilibrar los recursos no s\u00f3lo en \u00e1reas donde hay incendios activos, sino tambi\u00e9n en \u00e1reas donde pueden ocurrir incendios, Oreg\u00f3n sigue en grave riesgo a nivel nacional. En gran parte del estado existen sequ\u00edas prolongadas e \u00edndices r\u00e9cord de humedad del combustible. Esto presenta riesgos significativos para las comunidades rurales, los recursos forestales, la salud p\u00fablica y el h\u00e1bitat de la vida silvestre\u201d, escribieron los senadores.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &mdash; As wildfires continue to burn across Oregon, Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden wrote to Senate leaders Tuesday, urging them to give a vote to the Obama administration&rsquo;s supplementary budget request, which includes $615 million in emergency wildfire suppression funds. 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