USDA Investing Funds to Reduce Wildfire Risk

California Ag Today
Wildfires have devastated large parts of the western United States, including forests and grasslands. Thousands of wildfires have ripped through millions acres in California alone in the last five years. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the USDA is releasing nearly two billion dollars for fuels and vegetation treatments to combat wildfires in the western U.S.