Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden signed on to a letter urging Senate leadership to prioritize investing in hazardous fuels reduction to lower the risk of catastrophic wildfires.  In the letter, signed by several Senate colleagues, the senators highlighted the millions of acres of forest decimated by increasingly severe wildfires.  It urged Senate Leadership to provide funding to help meet the estimated $20 billion required to reduce wildfire risk across the National Forest System in any further infrastructure legislation.  Merkley also introduced legislation earlier this summer to provide $30 billion in mandatory funding to reduce thinning across all public lands.