let's hear from robert bonnie. well, i think obviously a lot there, but i think the one that you gotsay is serviceted career civil in the forest service at the arertment of interior, they working hand in hand with irefighters on the ground in california california. we fight fires seamlessly at level, , state and local everybody working together and i terms of fire response, we do a really good job. ur challenge in doing things ahead of the fire that can reduce the threat. that is where budget issues come in, thinking about large scale forest restoration comes in, it where we put out homes on the landscape so we tonight put people and house way, those are s things we need to think about ahead of the fire so we can get problem. this host: from twitter, prater wants to know what will happen when starts falling on the charred land, can you explain that? guest: this is actually a real problem. a lot of the fires, you obviously see the devastation today, but now you have removed the vegetation from the land and if you ge

the studio is in robert bonnie, a former department undersecretary for natural resources. this you for joining us morning. explain your role at the agriculture department when you forest re, you oversaw service; correct? guest: yes, undersecretary for agencies t at two under the u.s. forest service and conservation service. ost: what do you make of what you have been seeing out in california recently? uest: it's terribly tragic, we've obviously lost a lot of lives, a lot of homes and resources, as well. but it's part of a larger trend that we've seen over the last bigger fires, , more catastrophic and deadly ires and that is very concerning and it means investments at the federal level are critically important, both firefighting aspect and to do more work, educe threat of catastrophic fire in the first place. host: headline in "u.s.a. today" the nightmare, the worse may be over, perhaps they corner.rned a it doesn't mean they don't have a lot of work to do and people of struggling, but in terms the money spent, what are the on the federalds government in places like califo

let's hear from robert bonnie. well, i think obviously a lot there, but i think the one that you gotsay is serviceted career civil in the forest service at the arertment of interior, they working hand in hand with irefighters on the ground in california california. we fight fires seamlessly at level, , state and local everybody working together and i terms of fire response, we do a really good job. ur challenge in doing things ahead of the fire that can reduce the threat. that is where budget issues come in, thinking about large scale forest restoration comes in, it where we put out homes on the landscape so we tonight put people and house way, those are s things we need to think about ahead of the fire so we can get problem. this host: from twitter, prater wants to know what will happen when starts falling on the charred land, can you explain that? guest: this is actually a real problem. a lot of the fires, you obviously see the devastation today, but now you have removed the vegetation from the land and if you ge

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the studio is in robert bonnie, a former department undersecretary for natural resources. this you for joining us morning. explain your role at the agriculture department when you forest re, you oversaw service; correct? guest: yes, undersecretary for agencies t at two under the