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Groups Sues Government Saying Beavers Are Wildland Firefighters. Wants to Stack the Frontlines with Beavers. Firefighter Burned After Backpack Blower Ignites.
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Groups Sues Government Saying Beavers Are Wildland Firefighters. Wants to Stack the Frontlines with Beavers. Firefighter Burned After Backpack Blower Ignites.

Also, Washington declares an emergency over wildfire risk maps and insurance companies.
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On Today’s Show:

  • Wildland firefighter burned after a backpack leaf blower started on fire while on the fire line.

  • If you’ve ever worn one of these, you know how much of a nightmare this would be.

  • An advocacy group sues the Government over beaver trapping, saying they can solve the wildfire and climate crisis.

  • Want to “stack the frontlines” with beavers, and the unprecedented wildfires are due to not enough beavers… They sued, citing a California wildfire policy.

  • We cover the numbers on this.

  • Washington has a wildfire risk map emergency. The state says dropped and non-renewed policies have risen hundreds of percent.

  • Poor and middle-class residents are being forced out, and cash buyers have moved in.

  • Plus more.

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