The U.S. Forest Service Is Falling Further Behind on Wildfire Prevention

Is the Forest Service falling behind on wildfire prevention?

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.

The U.S. Forest Service Is Falling Further Behind on Wildfire Prevention

Qian Weizhong/VCG via APPresident 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 o…