PASS THE FIX OUR FORESTS ACT
Wildfires impacts every aspect of our lives: our homes, our communities, our landscapes, our livelihoods. The Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA) can help but Congress needs to act. FOFA would improve real-time decision-making, streamline work to reduce flammable vegetation where communities meet wildlands, expand risk reduction through prescribed fire and help communities prepare for wildfire.
A Growing Coalition. An Opportunity to Act.
It is Time.
Delaying action leaves our firefighters, land managers, and communities without the proper tools they need. It is clear that the wildfire crisis isn’t waiting and the next destructive wildfire can spark at any time. Congress must act now to protect communities, first responders, and forest health.
Fighting for CommunitiesAWR Leads
AWR has led efforts to ensure that FOFA protects the built environment, spearheading critical changes to the bill that help keep homes and communities safe. With the inclusion of a Community Wildfire Risk Reduction Program, FOFA gives agencies the tools they need to better serve the public.
Expanding the Use of FireAWR Advocates
AWR has worked to ensure critical protections for the use of prescribed fire are included within FOFA. These provisions help reduce fire severity and protect the ecosystems and communities that we all care about.
Creating Coalitions that CountAWR Listens
AWR has led a growing coalition calling for urgent action on wildfire. Participating organizations are varied but united in their shared call for much-needed changes in our wildfire system; changes that FOFA helps provide.
“We brought this coalition together around a shared goal of safer communities, healthier forests and fewer families losing their homes to wildfire,” said Tyson Bertone-Riggs of Alliance for Wildfire Resilience Action. “Protecting lives, homes and livelihoods is in all of our interests. Congress has a bipartisan path forward to reduce the risk of wildfire, and it’s time to act.”