r/Wildfire • u/smokejumperbro USFS • Feb 06 '25

News (General) Sens. Padilla, Sheehy propose new wildfire agency

https://www.semafor.com/article/02/06/2025/sens-padilla-sheehy-propose-new-wildfire-agency

Here we go folks

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u/Responsible_Bill_513 Feb 06 '25

Two different missions on two different ownership of lands.

Either fully dissolve the USFS or don't.

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u/sporksable Locate Coffee Establish Seat Feb 06 '25

Why would USFS or any land manager need to be dissolved?

This agency would centralize wildfire suppression, not land management.

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u/Responsible_Bill_513 Feb 07 '25

If it's suppression only, who's doing the prescribed burning?

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u/sporksable Locate Coffee Establish Seat Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

So in the Alaska model the land managers would still be in charge of planning the fuels projects. For execution, they use either their own agency resources, order in other resources, or contract it out.

This doesn't mean that there are other models that work better, but responsibility for fuels work is something that should and will be talked about if this bill ever passes.