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Lawmakers and chiefs link road access, roadless policy and good-neighbor authority to wildfire outcomes
Summary
Committee discussion highlighted the roadless rule, access to ignition points, and expanded authorities (including Good Neighbor Authority) as factors that affect management capacity and response time for wildfires.
At a House Natural Resources hearing, several members and fire chiefs blamed lack of access and restrictive policies for limiting managers' ability to implement treatments and respond to ignitions, and they discussed Good Neighbor Authority and other statutory fixes as potential remedies.
Representative Hageman and other members described the 2001 roadless rule as a major impediment to access for treatments and suppression. ‘‘I believe that the roadless…
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