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Washington Outlook
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Congressional action on the FY 2005 Interior Appropriations bill-which funds federal land-management agencies like the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management-has disappeared into the messy, election-year federal budget process. That's business as usual; federal policy action tends to be slow in presidential election years, and it's proving true for forestry issues.
There are a few exceptions this year, however. Congress has convened several oversight hearings on implementing last year's Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA). It also has begun exploring postwildfire forest restoration, an area not covered by HFRA. The Bush administration has taken the politically …
