Fox has obtained a fact sheet assembled by the majority side of House Appropriations Committee about disaster aid.  It says that FEMA “has enough funding in the short-term to address immediate needs for both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.” It also declares there is “no

We might be a hellscape, but California shows every sign of leading the world no matter what happens on Tuesday, says James Fallows wired.com/story/californ…

It was an honor to gavel in as Chairman of the Senate Ag Committee Republicans Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology. We held a hearing on the Fix Our Forests Act — critical legislation to provide commonsense deregulation and streamline fire prevention.

We’ve put together a how-to video demonstrating many of our different features to share with your friends, neighbors, and your uncle who lives alone in fire country and still thinks the Internet is a “fad”. youtube.com/watch?v=FZjivB…

Appalling how we treat the firefighters who risk everything to protect us. We’ve asked them to risk too much with too little for too long. No wonder the agencies have a huge recruitment and retention problem. This system is broken - anyone arguing otherwise has lost the plot

If you’re wondering why the #GarnetFire is getting so huge, here’s part of the reason. The Sierra NF is a MESS, this is what the unburned portion looks like, no fire history in the last 100 years! Drought and Bark beetle have also plagued this area creating a mess of dead fuel.

How California can prepare for wildfires before they break out | Opinion sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/…

Check out the latest from Megafire Action on how Senator Josh Becker’s SB326 would put California on a path towards meaningful wildfire risk reduction.

Matt Weiner of Megafire action wrote an OpEd in support of one of the most important bills related to wildfire in California. And arguably in the entire United States at the state level.

Live in (and love) California? Call your rep in support of SB 326. We need "cutting edge [fire] technology to assess risk, prioritize treatments and track progress in real time." 🙏🏽@megafireaction Matt Weiner for this perspective: lnkd.in/gd_EFyjW Senator Josh Becker

UPDATE: SB 326 passed the appropriations committee with amendments and is set for an assembly floor vote. Thank you to those who called and write their Assemblymembers

🚨NEW: We’re launching a historic six-figure ad campaign in DC urging the Senate to pass the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act. Lives, the environment, & billions of dollars are at stake. It’s time for action. #FixOurForests

Right after the horrific LA fires, Rep. Bruce Westerman and Rep. Scott Peters moved the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act out of the House. The Senate has yet to move the companion led by Senator John Curtis, Senator John Hickenlooper, Senator Alex Padilla and Tim Sheehy. Senate should pass FOFA now.

Spotted in Rayburn House Office Building

NEW: In Heatmap News, Matt Weiner says Congress has a generational opportunity with the #FixOurForests Act—the biggest shift in land management since the National Forest Act. The House acted months ago. Now it’s the Senate’s turn. A must-read: heatmap.news/politics/fix-o…

It’s time for the Senate to act.

Today, I'm excited to share the launch of Seneca. Seneca's mission is end the wildfire threat across 500 million acres in the US and allied nations by 2035. 115 million Americans live with fire risk. Fire costs our nation ~$1 trillion annually. It destroys our most

BREAKING: Senate Ag Committee Republicans just passed the Fix Our Forests Act by a bipartisan vote of 18-5. This comes as Governor Cox and the Governors of California, Montana, and Colorado endorsed the bill. I commend the Committee’s action and look forward to the bill’s swift passage by the full

📣BIG NEWS today in the fight to tackle our growing wildfire crisis in the West – our bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act passed out of committee! This is commonsense legislation to make our communities and environment more resilient. Next step: a full Senate vote.

💥The #FixOurForests Act just achieved a MAJOR milestone, passing out of the Senate Agriculture Committee with bipartisan support. Thanks to Senator John Boozman, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senator John Hickenlooper, Senator John Curtis, Senator Alex Padilla, & Senator Sheehy Press Office for moving this bill forward. Onward!