California Increases Wildfire Budget, But Will It Be Enough?

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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California is adding $536 million to the budget for wildfire prevention. The money will go toward efforts including forest and vegetation management and the retrofitting and fireproofing of homes. As the state enters a second year of drought following 2020’s record number of acres burned, some experts are raising concerns that the state isn’t going far enough to avoid a crisis. We'll hear about efforts underway to prevent another catastrophic wildfire season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:47.0	Welcome to Forum. I'm Brian Watt. California is adding $536 million to the budget for wildfire prevention. The money will go toward efforts, including forest and vegetation management and the retrofitting and fireproofing of homes.
1:53.0	As the state enters a second year of drought following 2020's record number of acres burned,
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