USDA and DOI Announce Bold Federal Reforms to Improve Nation’s Wildfire Response System

The US Department of Agriculture
September 15, 2025
Category: Forestry
Region: United States

US Secretary of Agriculture Rollins issued a new memorandum to modernize and strengthen America’s wildfire prevention and response system. Concurrently, US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum issued his own memorandum to streamline capabilities and strengthen federal, state, and local partnerships. ….“We started this work in the spring and have continually updated our policies and programs to properly manage our forests through common-sense timber production and management, protecting our national forests and grasslands for generations to come,” said Secretary Brooke Rollins. …“We are cutting through the bureaucracy and building a unified, modern wildfire response system that works as fast and as fearlessly as the men and women on the front lines,” said Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. …The USDA will unify operations, strengthen partnerships with state, Tribal, and local governments, and modernize tools and training to better protect American communities from the escalating threat of wildfire.

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