It Takes A Tragedy To Change Anything In Wildfire. The Grim Reality To Create A National Wildland Fire Agency.

It will take an act of Congress, or even Executive Action.

It’s a story as old as my grandmother’s rolling pin and debated more than nightly conversations in my grandfather’s machine shop. However, we have come to a point where the majority of people in the United States, including wildland firefighters, think a singular national wildland fire agency is a reasonable ask.

It always takes a tragedy in wildfire f…