Wildfire NOTD subscriber Erik Litzenberg, Chair of the Wildland Fire Policy Committee of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, discussed the problems faced by the National Wildland Fire Risk Reduction Program Act, which aims to support the development of novel tools and technologies to improve understanding, monitoring, prediction, and mitigation of wildland fires, associated smoke, and their impacts.

Wildfires are still catching us off-guard. Congress’ plan to fix that isn't going anywhere.

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