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2022-01-19
Biden administration announces plan to confront worsening wildfires
The plan quadruples the government's fuels and forest health treatments as wildfires grow more frequent and intense with climate change.
The plan quadruples the government's fuels and forest health treatments as wildfires grow more frequent and intense with climate change.
The plan is an expensive one, but it is only partially funded.
The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a 10-year plan to treat and maintain millions of additional acres of forests in the western United States to reduce the severity of seasonal wildfires.