The plan quadruples the government’s fuels and forest health treatments as wildfires grow more frequent and intense with climate change.
The administration's plan quadruples the government's fuels and forest health treatments. It comes after a year during which California experienced the second-largest fire in state history and Colorado endured its most destructive fire ever that ignited unusually late in the season.
Hotter temperatures and more severe drought conditions fueled by climate change, along with expanding development in wildland-urban areas, have prompted more intense and prolonged wildfire seasons in the U.S. Researchers also say that decades of policies calling for all fires to be extinguished, rather than letting them burn in a controlled way, has caused a buildup of flammable brush that adds fuel to blazes.
The agency will focus its efforts on fire-prone land in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah and Washington. The plan is only partially funded so far, with $3 billion over the course of five years coming from the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was signed into law in November.by the National Centers for Environmental Information. In 2020, the worst wildfire season on record burned more than 10 million acres in the U.S.
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