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Congressman Gosar to discuss health in place of death

Posted by John Sugden on May 29, 2014

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) chose a place of death to discuss health.

Gosar will hold a town hall on forest health next week at the Messinger Funeral Home in Payson, Arizona.

Forest health is a hot topic there because of the Slide Fire, which has burned in Arizona for more than a week. The blaze has scorched more than 30 square miles of the state, and is currently considered under control.

Gosar is a longtime supporter of increased forest fire prevention efforts, having sponsored or co-sponsored mutltiple bills to that end. In the midst of the Slide Fire, Gosar has renewed his push for passage of the Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013, a bill he sponsored.

Gosar criticized federal land management practices and environmentalists in 2011 following a hearing spurred on by another Arizona wildfire. During the hearing, Gosar advocated increased activity from the timber industry to battle overgrowth.