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Trump’s Memos Aim to Boost Wildfire Response and Preserve Columbia River Power Generation

The wildfire memo cites California’s January blazes as ‘a direct result of reckless mismanagement and lack of preparedness.’
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Trump’s Memos Aim to Boost Wildfire Response and Preserve Columbia River Power Generation
President Donald Trump speaks about the upcoming wildfire and hurricane seasons in the Oval Office on June 10, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
T.J. Muscaro
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Sam Dorman
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President Donald Trump took environmentally focused executive action on June 12, issuing memoranda concerning wildfires and the Columbia River.

The first, titled “Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response,” called for the streamlining of federal wildland fire governance, the encouragement of local wildfire preparation and response, and the strengthening and modernizing of wildfire mitigation and response.
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.