How The Government’s Forest-Clearing Plan Aims To Fight Wildfires Before They Start

How The Government's Forest-Clearing Plan Aims To Fight Wildfires Before They Start

As extreme drought and climate change create explosive conditions in the West, the Biden administration is investing billions into a 10-year plan to fight wildfires before they start. The plan calls for prescribed burns in fire-prone regions to reduce fuel. The federal government wants families to manage their own forests before fire season begins, but conducting those prescribed burns isn’t cheap or easy.

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