Wildfire prevention work declines under Trump administration

About this episode

The episode discusses the decline in wildfire prevention work under the Trump administration and its implications for the upcoming fire season.

With wildfires already burning and drought persisting across much of the U.S., fire experts are bracing for what could be an extreme fire season. The U.S. Forest Service is going into it having done far less work than in recent years to manage the dry, flammable vegetation that can fuel catastrophic fires. NPR's Lauren Sommer reports . Support NPR and hear every episode of Trump's Terms sponsor-free with NPR+. Sign up at plus.npr.org . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Host: Lauren Sommer

Topics covered

• wildfire prevention
• Trump administration
• fire season
• U.S. Forest Service
• drought
• vegetation management

Keywords

• wildfires
• Trump administration
• fire experts
• drought
• vegetation management
• U.S. Forest Service

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Organizations: U.S. Forest Service

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