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Senator says wildfire hazard map must account for property-level conditions to win local trust
Summary
Senator Golden criticized the recently released wildfire hazard map, arguing it relies too heavily on broad landscape factors and gives "no weight" to parcel-specific conditions; she urged tuning SB 762 programs to involve and support rural landowners.
Senator Golden used a remonstrance on the Senate floor to call for changes to how the state applies wildfire hazard mapping and to urge better engagement with rural landowners under programs tied to Senate Bill 762.
"The recently released wildfire hazard map makes little to no sense to many rural land owners," Golden said, adding that the map "is driven entirely by broad landscape factors and give[s] no weight to the conditions and surroundings" on individual properties.
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