Trump reboots bold-fire suppression plan with new Wildland Fire Service as wildfires surge
TL;DR
The Trump administration launches a US Wildland Fire Service and revives a historically controversial policy to stomp out all fires quickly, a move critics say repeats a discredited approach that can lead to larger fires and ecological harm even as wildfires intensify.
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- As wildfires worsen, Trump administration revives discredited policy to stomp out all fires quickly AP News
- Deaths of 3 wildland firefighters underscores the risk to the ‘unsung heroes’ of wildfires CNN
- Arizona firefighter killed in Colorado-Utah blaze Axios
- Emily Barker Loved Fighting Fires. She Died in One She Couldn’t Escape. The New York Times
- These are the wildfires burning across Colorado KUSA.com
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