{"id":23400,"date":"2025-11-24T10:35:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=23400"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:35:36","slug":"merkley-wyden-western-senators-call-for-emergency-funding-for-wildfire-recovery-on-federal-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-western-senators-call-for-emergency-funding-for-wildfire-recovery-on-federal-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley, Wyden, Western Senators Call for Emergency Funding for Wildfire Recovery on Federal Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined fellow Western Senators to urge Congress to pass additional funding to support wildfire recovery on federal lands. In a letter to&nbsp;Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME)&nbsp;and&nbsp;Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), the Senators pressed for additional resources to help National Parks, National Forests, and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands recover from this year\u2019s devastating wildfires. Since damage to federal lands is not covered by FEMA funding, federal land agencies are responsible for cleanup and restoration on their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter was led by U.S. Senators&nbsp;Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)&nbsp;and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and in addition to Merkley and Wyden, signed by&nbsp;Senators&nbsp;Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe write to request that any emergency disaster appropriations bills drafted this year include funding for wildfire recovery on federal lands,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>escribieron los senadores.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cRepairing wildfire damages to National Parks, National Forests, and Bureau of Land Management Lands is vital for the safety and economies of the entire country. Just as our forests and parks require restoration, so too do the surrounding counties and communities that bear the economic and infrastructure impacts of these disasters; their recovery is inseparable from that of the federal lands themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Specifically, the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Oregon, North Rim of the Grand Canyon and the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado, Joshua Tree National Park in California, and Gila National Forest in New Mexico&nbsp;all suffered&nbsp;wildfires this year.&nbsp;Nearly one million acres of BLM land burned across the West in 2025 alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAs you know, unlike wildfire response activities on state, tribal, or private lands which are coordinated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), wildfire response on federal land is managed by the land agencies themselves. In the past, Congress has appropriated the funds our public land agencies require for their critical response, remediation, and mitigation activities,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>continuaron los senadores.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cEnsuring that federal lands are restored after wildfires is a responsibility to our shared, national heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leer la carta completa&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallego.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wildfire-on-Public-Lands-Appropriations-Letter-Final-Signed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>AQU\u00cd<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined fellow Western Senators to urge Congress to pass additional funding to support wildfire recovery on federal lands. 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