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Senate committee backs call for careful federal wildfire reorganization and urges restoration of state prevention funding
Summary
Witnesses including tribal leaders, conservation organizations, former federal officials and county representatives urged the committee to support Senate Joint Memorial 8015 asking the federal government to implement wildland fire consolidation cautiously and to maintain or restore state investments in prevention programs (including HB 11-68 funding).
The Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee heard Senate Joint Memorial 8015, which urges the federal government to ensure wildfire response entities maintain capacity during a proposed consolidation of federal wildland fire programs and to consider delaying reorganization until operations are fully prepared.
Jeff Olson, committee staff, described the June 2025 executive order directing consolidation of wildland fire programs and said the memorial requests federal steps to…
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