A tech billionaire and senior official at the president’s Department of Agriculture used his position to request a more costly emergency response to a fire that started near his mega-ranch.
Michael Boren, 64, who serves as the Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment that oversees the U.S. Forest Service, was at his 480-acre Hell Roaring Ranch within Idaho’s Sawtooth National Recreation Area when a fire broke out nearby last month.
According to Forest Service officials, Boren called regional and national operations centers multiple times to ask why more aircraft weren’t being deployed to fight the fire near his ranch, pushing for additional resources even as officials determined they weren’t necessary, The Washington Post reported.
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