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And they're doing this in the middle of one of the worst fire seasons on record. This administration fired thousands of Forest Service employees, including people trained to fight fires, slashed the agency's budget, and let fire prevention work collapse. Now they want to build thousands of miles of new roads through our national forests, when we know most wildfires start within a half mile of a road, all so they can make it easier to clear-cut old-growth forests that have stood for centuries. It's reckless.