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/BigWhiteDog Feb 06 '25

Not sure where you get Cal Fire only doing grass. Not even close to true. And the suppression side is the one actually doing the burns under direction of the Foresters. I know because I did them. We do care about land management, it's the public and the courts that are more a problem, because the public sees the feds losing control and burning homes.

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u/bigdoor5 Feb 06 '25

Agreed. Calfire’s domain is usually much closer to population centers than the feds so they have much tighter operating windows/standards. But they aren’t perfect, I heard some pretty heinous things about burning the Jackson forest last year.

Cal state parks does a real good job with burns. Didn’t they do like over 1000ac at Calaveras in 2024?

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u/BigWhiteDog Feb 06 '25

Cal Fire usually does the state parks burns with the supervision of SP folks. I don't think I heard about Jackson Forest issues (my sisters run competition trail rides there a lot so I may have and forgot), what happened?

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u/logwebkra Advanced Hiding Tactics Feb 07 '25

Not true, CA State Parks has their own burn program.

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u/BigWhiteDog Feb 07 '25

In parks with large burns Cal Fire engines are on site