Horses stand nearby before Randy Moore, Chief, U.S. Forest Service announced expanded efforts to reduce wildfire risk across the western U.S during an event on the scenic Tonto National Forest, Arizona, January 19, 2023.

 

In April 2022, USDA and the Forest Service announced the initial funding and identified the initial 10 landscape projects in support of the recently released strategy “Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: A Strategy for Protecting Communities and Improving Resilience in America’s Forests.”

 

These investments, made possible through the Biden Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), will directly benefit at-risk communities and critical infrastructure across 11 additional landscapes in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.  

(USFS photo by Preston Keres)