March 17th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

In the wake of the many wild fires across the country, including the devastating Palisades fire in California, a new “Fix Our Forests” bill is working through the U.S. Senate. The bill would revise forest management practices including forest health and fire-safety defenses for high-risk areas. West Virginia Senator Jim Justice sees the bill as an economic opportunity for the country to bring jobs back home…

   

“Why don’t we say, I’ll tell you what we’re going to do, we’re going to create some kind of management funding or whatever, and we’re going to apply that towards labor back in states and rate it and scale it, and absolutely then bring our absolute furniture and cabinetry manufacturing back to us instead of it being in another country.”