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Created Wed 28th Jan 2009 1:42pm PST by misterbojangles

Will the U.S. Forest Service be abolished and save the country over 2 billion dollars?

Settled as NO

The Forest Service is still operational
http://www.fs.fed.us/

Background:

Background: The Forest Service's program—which consists of spending close to $300 million per year treating hazardous fuels and as much as $2 billion a year preparing for and suppressing fires—will not restore the national forests to health or end catastrophic fire in most of those forests. In many forests it may do more harm than good.

Forest Service plans are based on the notion that western national forests suffer from an unnatural accumulation of hazardous fuels. In fact, that is probably true for no more than about 15 percent of those forests. The appropriate treatments on the remaining 85 percent may be as diverse as the forests themselves.

source: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8210

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source. As long as it is announced prior to suspension that the US Forest Service is being abolished the question shall settle as a YES.

 
Forecast history %
YES
1%
NO
99%
Settled as NO on Sun 17th Jan 2:58pm PST

Suspend date: Fri 1st Jan 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sun 17th Jan 2:58pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 1st Jan 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: YES: 35%, NO: 65%

Action history:

Created Wed 28th Jan 2009 1:42pm PST by misterbojangles
Suspended Fri 1st Jan 11:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settled as 'NO' Sun 17th Jan 2:58pm PST by tisha[Admin]: The Forest Service is still operational
http://www.fs.fed.us/

Suspend date: Fri 1st Jan 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sun 17th Jan 2:58pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 1st Jan 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

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Comments (3)

  1 cheesenips
Appears to be a very reasonable idea with little chance of success because it contradicts green/liberal dogma.
posted 1 year ago
  2 misterbojangles
CATO Institute seems to think it is worthy enough to issue suggestions to lawmakers about it.
posted 1 year ago
  3 tuff_sledding[Power User]
The Vox Populi has spoken. CATO's plea will fall on deaf ears. I don't have so much cash as to invest with such a long horizon...
posted 1 year ago

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