The Trump admin upended how we fight fire. Then came West's worst fire season in years. - The Nevada Independent

How the Trump administration changed wildland firefighting

This year's dangerous fire season hit as the Trump administration has reshaped how America fights wildfire — consolidating crews from across Interior Department agencies into a new U.S. Wildland Fire Service. The new agency and the U.S. Forest Service are pursuing “full suppression” of every new blaze. The post The Trump administration upended how we fight wildfires. Then came the West’s worst fire season in years. appeared first on Montana Free…

The Trump administration upended how the West fights wildfires. California is bracing too

Four firefighters, two helicopter pilots and a contractor bulldozing a fireline have died in Colorado, Utah and Oregon this year. Fast-moving fires have burned millions of acres and destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings in the West. California, which is having an unusually quiet fire summer, has deployed engines and crews to fight fires raging […]

The Trump administration upended how we fight wildfires. Then came the West’s worst fire season in years.

The changes come as decades of extinguishing wildfires and climate change-induced drought have left Western forests full of dry fuels.

The Trump admin upended how we fight fire. Then came West's worst fire season in years. - The Nevada Independent

Fast-moving fires have burned millions of acres and destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings in the West, including hundreds of thousands of acres in Nevada. The Indy partnered with five other nonprofit newsrooms in the West to show how on-the-ground changes made by the Trump administration have affected the ability to fight fires amid increasingly destructive conditions.