The Landscape

The dangerous rush to consolidate America’s wildfire response

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Producers Lauren Bogard and Lilly Bock-Brownstein are joined by Timothy Ingalsbee of Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology (FUSEE). Timothy explains why the Trump administration’s rushed reorganization of federal firefighting is so risky, what it means for the firefighters already heading into a dangerous season short-staffed, and why he sees the whole effort as less like reform and more like sabotage.

In the news this week, the Senate voted to open the Boundary Waters to copper mining, and emails show Secretary Doug Burgum secretly helped craft talking points for Senator Mike Lee’s land sell-off bill. Plus, some big news from Aaron and the CWP team!

News
  • Senate Votes to Allow Mining Near Minnesota Wilderness — New York Times
  • Trump’s Interior Dept. Crafted Talking Points For Mike Lee’s Public Land Sell-Off Scheme — Public Domain
  • Leadership shuffle at Western conservation group — E&E News
    • Resources
    • Timothy Ingalsbee: Fire Consolidation as Creative Destruction? Trump’s Proposed U.S. Wildland Fire Service
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      • Produced by Aaron Weiss, Lauren Bogard, and Lilly Bock-Brownstein

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      Music: Purple Planet
      Featured image: Steve Segin, USFWS

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