The Trump admin upended how we fight fire. Then came West's worst fire season in years. - The Nevada Independent

The Trump administration upended how we fight wildfires. Then came the West’s worst fire season in years.

Four firefighters, two helicopter pilots and a contractor bulldozing a fireline have died in Colorado, Utah and Oregon this year.

The Trump administration upended how the West fights wildfires. California is bracing too

California, which is having an unusually quiet fire summer, has deployed engines and crews to fight fires raging in Colorado and the Pacific Northwest — but even this well-resourced state continues to feel vulnerable.

How the Trump administration changed wildland firefighting

This year's dangerous fire season hit as the Trump administration has reshaped how America fights wildfire — consolidating crews from across Interior Department agencies into a new U.S. Wildland Fire Service. The new agency and the U.S. Forest Service are pursuing “full suppression” of every new blaze. The post The Trump administration upended how we fight wildfires. Then came the West’s worst fire season in years. appeared first on Montana Free…

The Trump admin upended how we fight fire. Then came West's worst fire season in years. - The Nevada Independent

Fast-moving fires have burned millions of acres and destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings in the West, including hundreds of thousands of acres in Nevada. The Indy partnered with five other nonprofit newsrooms in the West to show how on-the-ground changes made by the Trump administration have affected the ability to fight fires amid increasingly destructive conditions.