Who pays for combined state, federal wildfire effort?




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: The Department of Agriculture takes on annual wildfire prevention and suppression. Now USDA Secretary Sonny Purdue is enlisting state foresters in the effort to get Congress to change how it funds federal firefighting. This comes as the most expensive wildfire in history is put out. Jaelith Hall-Rivera, acting associate deputy chief of the U.S. Forest Service, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.