Fire Suppression Becomes Hot Topic for National Leaders

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

EDGEFIELD, S.C. -(Ammoland.com)- The National Wild Turkey Federation applauds Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s continual efforts to advance sportsmen’s priorities, particularly his latest secretarial order, which begins the push to end catastrophic wildfires.

Zinke directed all Department of the Interior bureaus, superintendents and land managers at all levels to adopt more aggressive practices to prevent and combat the spread of those catastrophic wildfires.

Zinke’s order also spells out how he expects those orders to be carried out, as he wants to see fuel reductions and pre-suppression techniques.

According to a release from Zinke’s office, 47,700 wildfires have burned 8 million acres across the country this year. Most of those fires have been in the states of California and Montana. Although high profile fires such as those in Yosemite have caught national headlines, millions of acres of forest and grassland have burned in recent months causing habitat destruction across many states.

“This Administration will take a serious turn from the past and will proactively work to prevent forest fires through aggressive and scientific fuels reduction management to save lives, homes, and wildlife habitat. It is well settled that the steady accumulation and thickening …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand