‘Like taking Smokey Bear away from the Forest Service’: Trump Administration proposes fusing wildfire crews into one agency

‘Like taking Smokey Bear away from the Forest Service’: Trump Administration proposes fusing wildfire crews into one agency

The Trump Administration is proposing to consolidate wildfire fighting forces from across the federal government into a single agency. President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal outlines plans to create a new U.S. Wildland Fire Service by combining the wildfire assets currently distributed between the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service. The budget request states…