U.S. Forest Service Falling Further Behind on Wildfire Prevention, Report Shows

U.S. Forest Service falling further behind on wildfire prevention, report shows

President Donald Trump and his top Cabinet officials have repeatedly blamed the most catastrophic wildfires on poor forest management. His administration, however, appears to be lagging on that very work. In the first nine months of this year, the United States Forest Service slowed its rate of prescribed burns, tree thinning and other fire-prevention work across its hundreds of millions of acres of land, according to an outside analysis of U.S.…

Bennet, Hickenlooper demand answers for 38% decline in U.S. Forest Service wildfire mitigation work

Federal legislators are raising concerns that cuts to the U.S. Forest Service staffing under President Donald Trump’s administration have stymied progress on fuels mitigation work nationwide. U.S. Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet were among the 12 senators who signed a Dec. 2 letter to Forest Service Chief Tim Schultz, demanding answers about the impacts of the cuts. “We write with significant concerns regarding the persistent wildland…