National Wildfire Institute Archives

OPINION–Under Fire: The Escalating Crises Of USFS Fire Policy In The West

July 12, 2024 11:17 amJuly 18, 2024 1:50 pm

Through the opening salvo of another red hot fire season, another cloud of calamity is rearing its ugly head: insurance companies running for the door, dropping policyholders like hot potatoes, doubling down on already skyrocketing insurance rates, and refusing new customer coverage plans like there’s no tomorrow. For many of...

Burn Back Better? USFS Chief’s Letter of Intent Provokes Revolt in the Firefighting Community

May 28, 2024 8:52 pmMay 30, 2024 11:10 am

“The Forest Service has no authority to let fires burn millions of acres—misappropriating tax dollars and recklessly destroying our natural resources…It’s an inverse condemnation of private property and wanton destruction of public resources, pure and simple,” Chief forester Frank Carroll The United States Forest Service (USFS) just gave firefighters license...