Dana Tibbitts of the National Wildfire Alliance urges a reset of U.S. wildfire policy, calling for aggressive suppression, science‑based fuel reduction, and protection of communities and forests.
Oregon Sen. Kathleen Taylor and Rep. Court Boice come from very different districts, but they’ve built a strong partnership around one shared priority: protecting Oregonians from catastrophic wildfire. Working across the rural–urban divide, they’re advancing practical policies to safeguard forests, power infrastructure, and communities statewide.
Frank Carroll argues that the U.S. Forest Service's Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) were designed as planning tools — not preauthorized burn zones. But in practice, many communities fear that POD boundaries are quietly becoming "big boxes": areas where incident teams can justify indirect tactics, allow large sections to burn, and invoke vague "resource benefit" or "firefighter safety" rationales with little accountability. Carroll makes the case that communities near the wildland-urban interface must demand transparency, meaningful public input, and a clear commitment to full suppression — before the next fire starts.
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