Congress and the U.S. Forest Service are looking to the farm bill to pour new life into the nation's fire-plagued forests. Against the backdrop of looming threats such as wildfires, legislators and lobbyists alike want to use the mammoth bill, worth more than a trillion dollars, to garner federal funding and create markets to pay for efforts to conserve and restore woodlands. With the 2018 Agriculture Improvement Act expiring in September, negotiations over the next farm bill — a massive grab-bag of programs that helps pay for virtually every aspect of American food — will likely peak in late summer. That timing means that hearings will likely be backlit by worsening Western wild
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