News – Sheridan Media
Wyoming’s US Congressional Delegation is not pleased that the Cowboy State has been left out when it comes to preventing large wildland fires.
On Wednesday (March 15th), Senators John Barasso and Cynthis Lummis, along with Representative Harriet Hagemen, sent a letter to US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and US Forest Service Chief Randy Moore criticizing their agencies for failing to protect Wyoming from the increased threat of catastrophic wildfire.
The delegation noted how Wyoming was omitted from the USDA and Forest Service’s 10-year strategy to combat wildfires across the American West, and admonished the agencies for excluding Wyoming membership from the recently formed, Congressionally-mandated wildfire commission.
The delegation mentioned that according to recent Forest Service estimates, more than 4-million acres in Wyoming are at either ‘high’ or ‘very high’ risk to catastrophic wildfire.
Click here to see the 10-year strategy proposed by the USDA and the Forest Service
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Last modified: March 16, 2023