From: Gerald Fisher

Sent: Wed Sep 30 13:16:48 2020

To: 'gotomeeting.6@cadmusgroup.com'

Cc: Rick Lewis

Subject: Wildfires and Resulting Impacts to Water Bodies Used as Drinking Water Sources

Importance: Normal

I have a recommendation for EPA since this effect drinking water providers and professional organizations associated with them.

EPA should partner with ACWA, ASCE, APWA, US forest service, state forest agencies, and state governor office’s to demand the federal legislative branch move forward with forest management funding and allow for the select harvest of timber and removal of built up fuel loads to help pay for management activities. Old clear cutting practices do not work. Environmental activist approach of leave it alone doesn’t work. It’s time that we, as a country, start clearing fuel from our forests and allow for select removal of trees to prohibit wildfires from destroying our forest and critical habitat. The massive amounts of money spent on private firefighting firms could then be put back into the management system so ongoing additional federal support would no longer be necessary. And contracting it out is not the final answer. Utilizing contractors to work side by side with federal forest teams initially is fine but we need to eliminate the potential for it to become another bloated high bid contract that is not managed. Thank you for considering my comments.

Regards,

Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director

City of Molalla

117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 |Molalla, OR 97038

Office: 503.829.6855 | Direct: 503.759.0218

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