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April 23, 2015
Over the past thirty years, we have seen an 80 percent reduction in timber harvested from our national forests, and in the same period a concomitant increase in acreage destroyed by fire. This phenomenon far predates the Western drought and was best summed up by a forester long ago who observed, “All that excess timber comes out of the forests one way or the other. It is either CARRIED OUT or it is BURNED OUT. But it comes OUT.”
April 22, 2015
California is now in its fourth year of the worst drought on record. Hydrologists estimate it is the worst drought in 1,200 years.
February 13, 2015
Rep. Tom McClintock, CA-04, today introduced H.R. 979, a bill to honor Marine SSgt Sky Mote, who was killed in Afghanistan on August 10, 2012. The legislation will designate a mountain peak in the John Muir Wilderness, under which the Mote family gathered to camp every year, as "Sky Point." Every member of the California congressional delegation is a co-sponsor of the bill.
Issues:LegislationLocal Issues
January 15, 2015
Congressman Tom McClintock will host an open house at the new district office in Roseville. Mr. McClintock and staff will be on hand to greet constituents. Event information:
District Office Open House
February 9, 2015 5pm-7pm
2200A Douglas Blvd, Suite 240, Roseville
Issues:Local Issues
October 14, 2014
Congressman Tom McClintock issued the following statement in response to the proposal of the National Park Service to increase entrance fees, including those charged to visitors at Yosemite National Park:
August 19, 2014
I want to thank Senator Feinstein for hosting this year's summit and for directing its attention to the threat of catastrophic wildfire, the greatest natural threat facing the Lake Tahoe region.
March 25, 2014
Last fall, 800,000 acre feet were drained from the Shasta, Oroville and Folsom reservoirs - nearly emptying Folsom lake completely - knowing full well that the region was in the middle of a potentially catastrophic drought.
Issues:Local Issues
March 19, 2014
Four years ago -- long before the current drought -- the Central Valley suffered from the deliberate diversion of 800,000 acre feet of water promised under the Bay Delta Accord. Instead, it was dumped into the Pacific Ocean for the amusement of the Delta Smelt. This wanton act caused the loss of a quarter-million acres of the most productive farmland in America, it threw thousands of families into unemployment, and it devastated this region. Now, a natural drought has compounded the regulatory drought.
February 27, 2014
Two weeks ago, President Obama visited the drought-stricken Central Valley of California. He announced his administration's response: he wants to spend another billion dollars to study climate change.
Issues:Local Issues
February 26, 2014
It is well established that Jessie Benton Fremont was one of the earliest and most influential advocates for establishing the Yosemite National Park, in which Mammoth Peak is located.