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Facts and Contacts for Reporters on 2001 Wildfire Season
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For Immediate Release
Facts and Contacts for Reporters on 2001 Wildfire Season
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, May. 16 -/E-Wire/-- As a new season of wildfires faces the United States, Environmental Media Services offers fact sheets, story ideas, experts for comment and sources of additional information.
The 2000 wildfire season was the most expensive fire year in history, according to
Taxpayers for Common Sense. The federal government spent a record $1.6 billion in 2000
fighting wildfires, money that could be more effectively directed to far less
expensive prevention programs, experts say.
A quick visit to EMS.org provides reporters with:
* Fact sheets on the ecology of wildfires, including information on the effects of roadless area policy and logging on wildfires.
* The real costs of fire-fighting to tax payers, and how prevention methods could help save money.
* Facts on air and water quality and the effects of large-scale wildfires on human health.
* Tips reporters can use to advise homeowners on how to wildfire-proof their homes.
* Expert contacts on economics, ecology and policy, and where to go for more information.
The nonprofit Environmental Media Services, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is
dedicated to providing journalists with the most current information on environmental issues. Designed and written by former award-winning journalists, EMS.org features regularly updated fact sheets, expert contacts and links to additional information for more than 70 issue areas.
Environmental Media Services
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