Valadao introduces bill to help mitigate forest fires

Valadao introduces bill to help mitigate forest fires

Rep. David Valadao (R–Hanford) has reintroduced legislation to mitigate wildfire risk.  Valadao and Rep. Salud Carbajal (D–Santa Barbara) reintroduced the Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act on Wednesday.  The big picture: The bill would give the U.S. Forest Service the ability to require utilities to remove hazardous trees near power lines on federal forest lands without a timber sale.  That would make it easier to remove a serious threat that …