What Happens when Wildfire Season Coincides with Threats to Federal Emergency Support?

What happens when wildfire season coincides with threats to federal emergency support?

(The Hill) -- With peak wildfire season just around the corner, residents of California and the broader U.S. West are bracing not just for the blazes, but also for ongoing cuts to the federal programs that have long served as lifelines to a region in flames. As part of a broader effort to reduce spending, the Trump administration has slashed workforces and downsized budgets at many of the bodies responsible for managing and mitigating climate-dr…

Wildfire response overhaul sparks backlash as Trump centralizes firefighting authority

President Trump ordered a sweeping restructuring of the U.S. wildland firefighting system, transferring authority to a new centralized agency despite expert warnings about costs and heightened risks as fire season intensifies.The Guardian staff and agencies report.In short:Trump signed an executive order to consolidate wildland firefighting operations under the Department of the Interior, shifting responsibilities away from the U.S. Forest Servi…

Trump orders creation of new wildfire agency

With fire season already underway in many western states, President Donald Trump on Thursday directed federal agencies to begin combining their wildland firefighting staff into a new, unified wildfire force.

Wildfire: A Government Shell Game

Are we all fools?  Apparently, the US Forest Service and our politicians think so as we see exploding budgets for addressing wildfire that result in taxpayers subsidizing logging our National Forests in remote wild places.  I call it wildfire hysteria because it certainly is not a logical thought process as politicians and agencies rely on an uninformed public […]