Oregon Second District Congressman Greg Walden is hoping this season’s large wildfires throughout the West will be the tipping point to bring concrete changes to federal forest management policy. The Hood River Republican pointed out at one point in August the three worst fires in America were burning in his district. Walden believes a better job has to be done to remove the fuels that are making wildfires more devastating than they have to be. Walden says the House has passed forest management bills for three straight years that he believes would begin to deal with the problem, but the Senate has taken no action.