44 Republicans Voted Against Forest Management Wildfire Prevention in December

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Posted on 01/11/2025 5:52:03 PM PST by NoLibZone

Trump once blamed officials who didn't, as he put it, "rake their forests" to prevent the spread of wildfires. Trump was likely referring to a forest management technique of clearing out underbrush.

One strategy that accomplishes this is creation of shaded fuel breaks. According to Fire Safe San Mateo:

"A fuel break is a strip or block of land on which the native vegetation has been permanently reduced and/or modified so that fires burning around it can be more readily and safely controlled. Fuels within fuel breaks are reduced in volume through thinning or pruning, or are changed to vegetative types which burn with a lower intensity and offer less resistance to fire control efforts."

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The idea is to create these breaks in areas so the fire fighters can contain wildfires better. These are accomplished through "a carefully planned thinning of dense tree cover and the removal of underlying brush" and are "placed in strategic locations along a ridge, access road, or other location such as around a subdivision" according to Fire Safe San Mateo.

n December, 44 Republicans voted against HR 10545, the American Relief Act of 2025, which provided funds for wildfire prevention measures, including $75,000,000 for the "construction or maintenance of shaded fuel breaks in the Pacific Regions."

These 10 Republican Senators voted against bill:

Mike Braun (R-IN)

Mike Crapo (R-ID)

Josh Hawley (R-MO)

Ron Johnson (R-WI)

John Kennedy (R-LA)

Mike Lee (R-UT)

Rand Paul (R-KY)

James Risch (R-ID)

Mitt Romney (R-UT)

Eric Schmitt (R-MO)

All of the GOP Senators above are currently still serving in the 119th Congress except Braun and Romney who retired.

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1 posted on 01/11/2025 5:52:03 PM PST by NoLibZone

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