What is the big cost of forest fires?

Chris Hunt of Trout Unlimited put together an article about the testimony of Chris Wood, TU President and CEO, to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on the topic of "fire borrowing." If you are not fully aware of how funding is covered for the grow cost of fighting fires, please take a moment to read this article.  

http://www.tu.org/blog-posts/chris-wood-testimony-...