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Bill would clarify state authority to respond to fires on federal land; ODF says planning and cost recovery shape decisions
Summary
Senate Bill 432 would require certain foresters and forest protection agencies to participate in planning and, where appropriate, implement response actions for fires that originate on U.S. Forest Service lands.
Senate Bill 432 would require certain foresters and forest protection agencies to participate in fire management and response planning for fires that originate on lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and would allow response activity where fires originate on U.S. Forest Service lands.
Senator Floyd Prozanski and Senator Fred Gerard described fires in recent years that began on federal lands and grew into destructive blazes on adjacent private and state-protected lands. Gerard cited the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires and the devastation that followed in some communities. Sponsors said the bill is intended to give the state more flexibility to act…
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