The Association for Fire Ecology just released a sign-on letter to support the bipartisan National Prescribed Fire Act. Tall Timbers endorsed the recently introduced bill in June 2024 based on its proposed investment in prescribed fire and important policy direction to help protect existing burning while also expanding the use of beneficial fire.
The Association for Fire Ecology is an international organization dedicated to improving the knowledge and use of fire in land management. Its just-released sign-on letter for the National Prescribed Fire Act allows individual scientists, educators, students, managers, practitioners, policymakers, and interested citizens to express their support for the bill to elected officials.
Read the letter and digitally sign it to show your support. Signatures will be accepted until Monday, September 23 at noon PDT and then sent to Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, California Senator Alex Padilla, Washington Representative Kim Schrier, and California Representative David Valadao.
Initially introduced in 2021, the National Prescribed Fire Act’s 2024 reintroduction includes significant improvements that reflect Tall Timbers’ increased national advocacy efforts over the past few years.
Key topics we have been discussing with elected officials include establishing more consistent liability standards for fire practitioners, studying the merits of a claims fund for situations without private market insurance solutions, and creating a more straightforward path for prescribed fire implementation under the new PM 2.5 standards of the Clean Air Act. The proposed bill includes direction on each of these complex topics that Tall Timbers has prioritized for protecting and expanding the use of prescribed fire.
Learn more about Tall Timbers’ endorsement of the National Prescribed Fire Act in our June 2024 newsletter article.