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Subcommittee hearing presses urgency on Fix Our Forests Act as witnesses cite LA fires' toll
Summary
Lawmakers and witnesses at the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands urged swift enactment of the Fix Our Forests Act, saying faster fuels reduction, coordinated ‘‘fire-shed’’ centers and more community hardening are needed after last year’s Los Angeles wildfires.
Chair Westerman opened the Subcommittee on Federal Lands hearing one year after the Los Angeles fires and urged passage of the Fix Our Forests Act to speed fuel reduction projects and reduce risk to communities. "It's time for us to get this legislation over the finish line and send the bill to the president's desk," Chair Westerman said.
Steven Crowder, mayor of Paradise, California, described rebuilding after the 2018 Camp Fire and urged faster federal action on adjacent federal lands. Crowder said Paradise adopted stringent local building and defensible-space rules, now achieving roughly 90% compliance, and argued that "forest health must be treated as a…
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