State Allocates Additional $500 Million for Wildfire Prevention

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🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Fuel breaks and prescribed burns are some of the tools used by firefighters to help reduce the severity of wildfires. California Governor Gavin Newsom was recently criticized for misrepresenting his track record when it comes to wildfire prevention, clearing just a fraction of the acreage claimed. The state has now set aside an additional $500 million for wildfire prevention, but will it be enough? As we head toward peak fire season this fall, we’ll get the latest science around wildfire prevention and hear what the state is doing to try to prevent out of control wildfires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Last year, the fires were bad. We all remember the red, darkened skies. So you'd think that
1:05.1	the state of California would be doing absolutely everything to reduce the risk of a bad 2021 fire season.
1:13.2	Unfortunately, a recent investigation found that Governor Gavin Newsom's team has not cleared
1:17.2	as many acres as the governor has claimed.
1:19.4	We'll discuss why.
1:20.7	And later in the hour, we'll be talking about the desperate measures that conservationists
1:24.3	are planning to save endangered salmon.
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1:46.3	Welcome to Forum, I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:52.6	Fuel breaks and prescribed burns are some of the tools used by firefighters to help reduce the severity of wildfires.
1:58.9	California Governor Gavin Newsom was recently criticized for overstating his track record when it comes to wildfire prevention.
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