How federal neglect fuels wildfire crises on tribal lands

How federal neglect fuels wildfire crises on tribal lands

Wildfires have increasingly devastated Indigenous reservations, where underfunded and overstretched tribal firefighting programs struggle to keep pace with mounting threats. Lachlan Hyatt reports for High Country News. In short: The Colville Reservation and other tribal lands face severe wildfire threats made worse by chronic underfunding and outdated federal support formulas that haven’t been revised in over two decades. Tribal firefighting p…