Red Tape Stokes Devastating Wildfires: Report

Red Tape Stokes Devastating Wildfires: Report
Wildfire burns in Rocky Point of Monterey County, Calif., on the night of Jan. 21 or 22, 2022. Debi Lorench/Handout via Reuters
Nathan Worcester
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A new report vividly illustrates how bureaucracy and litigation slow down prescribed burns and mechanical treatments of wildfire-prone lands by the U.S. Forest Service, with one fire management category taking an average of more than seven years to actually start following project initiation.

Recent years have seen some of the biggest wildfires in the documented history of the western United States.

Nathan Worcester
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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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