montas and nature conservation association which avellino rego belongs to because even purchased land itself pruning should help these young oak trees to grow big and strong. less grass will grow under the shade they'll provide meaning less flammable material probably they don't know they know that they will not take any money from that from the land but they are ready to adopt another management model so we are trying to demonstrate that with small money we can have a fire that's true but with a lot less damage. portugal is the european country most affected by forest fires in cooperation with fire department scientists at the university of koa researching the causes of such fires. they say the country's climate monoculture tree plantations and rural depopulation all play a major role. if we don't manage our forests better we're likely to suffer even bigger fires in extreme weather conditions. particularly. portugal is searching for strategies to prevent wildfires from spreading in some cases that means returning to age old methods luis frontin year and his goats are just the beginni

and a diverse coalition of independent advocates from the nature conservancy to the outdoor industry association to the american battlefield trust have called on us to pass this bill. this bill has unusually broad bipartisan and vocal support, because the issues at hand affect so many different communities so concretely. every year, visitors to america's national parks bring more than $40 billion in economic impact to the gateway towns that surround them. the state and local parks stewarded by the lwcf help generate another $166 billion in local economic activity and support more than 1.1 million jobs. my fellow kentuckians and i know this firsthand. at least 120,000 jobs are supported by active outdoor recreation in the commonwealth. from hunters and anglers in the daniel boon national forest to tourists visiting mammoth cave, our state's national treasures occasion nearly $13 billion in annual consumer spending. but kentuckians also know that tight budgets for maintenance often mean that historic sites go without important repairs and upgrades that would ensure safe access and smooth operation