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Participants question transfer of federal wildfire program after FY26 proposal zeros funding
Summary
An unnamed staff member said FY2025 numbers for a federal wildfire program were still being finalized while a senator criticized the president's proposed FY2026 budget, which they said would zero out the program and shift responsibility to states.
An unnamed staff member and a senator debated the federal role in wildfire funding during a brief exchange at the meeting. The staff member said the agency was "still working with OMB on on that request" and expected to finalize FY2025 figures within a few weeks. The senator challenged that timeline and criticized the administration's FY2026 proposal, saying it "zeroes out this program" and asking how responsibility could be shifted to states facing tighter budgets.
The debate centered on two budget points: the staff member said FY2025 fourth-quarter numbers were still being…
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