r/Wildfire • u/ssgtsilerZ • Feb 11 '25

News (General) National Wildland Fire Service — Grassroots Wildland Firefighters

https://www.grassrootswildlandfirefighters.com/nwfs

This is what I woke up to this morning. Thoughts?

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u/was_promised_welfare Feb 11 '25

My concern is that a DHS-Led national wildland fire service would ignore the ecological side of wildland fire. We are not just firefighters, but also land managers who deal in fire. Would managed use fires for resource benefit still happen in this agency? Or what about prescribed fires for ecological benefit, habitat improvement, or invasive species management?

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u/ssgtsilerZ Feb 11 '25

That's a great question, one that I have as well. It barely barely touches on it in the proposal.

Maybe the land management agencies would still be writing the policy and plans and would advise while NWFS implements?

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u/was_promised_welfare Feb 11 '25

I would hope that's the plan, I just don't trust this admin to get it right.

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u/BigWhiteDog Feb 11 '25

It would be something to explore, with another administration.