By Robert Chaney
Mountain Journal on September 16, 2025
…. The Interior plan envisions full implementation by January 12, 2026. The Forest Service plan expects to have its pieces in place by April 1, 2026.
So far in 2025, there have been 49,632 wildfires recorded in the United States, the second highest total in a decade. However, the approximately 4.4 million acres burned ranks eighth, below the average 6.2 million and 2015’s 8.8 million. As the 2025 fire season winds down in Greater Yellowstone, Idaho still has eight large fires burning, Montana has five and Wyoming has one.
Campaigns to unify federal wildfire services accelerated in early 2025 after whole neighborhoods of Los Angeles burned in January and contributed to 440 deaths, according to the American Medical Association. Several national organizations began advocating for structural change at the federal level, including Partners in Wildfire Prevention, a coalition of nonprofit advocacy groups supporting wildfire reform. ….
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