Category: Western U.S. Wildfires

US Wildfire Season Ramps Up Amid Crippling Staffing Shortage

In the southwestern United States, wildfire season kicked off earlier than usual this year as dangerous drought conditions persist across a staggering 48 percent of the nation. Meanwhile, state and federal forestry services are struggling to fill thousands of vacancies for wildland firefighters as would-be applicants turn to more lucrative and less demanding careers. The worst part…


Biden Reveals ‘Catch-Up’ Plan to Curtail US Wildfires

President Joe Biden shared his administration’s plan to deal with the intensifying wildfires in the Western U.S. at a White House Meeting on Wednesday with western state governors, calling the fires a problem that affects everyone. Biden told the governors he had been briefed twice about the current wildfire readiness of federal and state agencies and…