'We need to act now': Biden admin unveils plan to address the nation's wildfire crisis
Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: A Strategy for Protecting Communities and Improving Resilience in America's ForestsAreas considered at high risk for wildfires, mostly on the West Coast, will be first in line for the plan's implementation, the Department of Agriculture said. However, the plan will also be implemented throughout the South, Midwest and Northeast.
"Wildfires in the United States have reached a crisis level," Arizona Senator Mark Kelly said Tuesday at a compiled by the National Centers for Environmental Information, 58,733 fires burned more than 7 million acres in 2021 alone, for an average 121.56 acres burned per fire. Last year's rate is the eighth highest on record.
"The mega fires that we've been experiencing aren't like anything we've seen before," Kelly said."Today's fires — they burn hotter and they burn longer and they can easily reach temperatures in the thousands of degrees. They scar the landscape and that can take years to recover and we know that they're also deadly."
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