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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Congressman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced the Eliminating Needless Administrative Barriers Lessening Efficiency for Conservation Act (ENABLE Conservation Act), to allow more farmers to participate in voluntary conservation programs. The legislation will help support Washington state’s Conservation Reserve Program’s (CRP) State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) initiative.
Wildfire season in the Pacific Northwest typically runs from April through November, peaking in August and September when the weather is hottest and driest. As our climate continues to change, wildfires have become an increasingly large part of the summer and fall, making it important that we all do our part to prevent and prepare.
The Seattle Times
I didn’t see a single piece of trash throughout my first mile and a half hiking in the Enchantments earlier this month.
Normally, that would be a welcome sight. But on this occasion, the cleanliness of our surroundings made my host and hiking companion, Mat Lyons, sweat bullets.
The Seattle Times
COLCHUCK LAKE, Chelan County — Can a lone ranger patrol 900 miles of trails in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest by herself? In the federal wilderness of Washington’s Cascades, the answer this summer is a resounding no — but right now that’s the reality.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), sent a letter demanding that the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, and U.S.
SourceOne News
LEAVENWORTH - Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), is calling on top federal officials to address a dire staffing shortage impacting the Enchantments region of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Central Washington. In a letter sent to Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, Schrier demanded urgent staffing increases to reverse what she described as “dreadful and even unsafe” conditions at the popular wilderness destination.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025, which would enhance forest health and lower the risk posed by catastrophic wildfires by investing in prescribed fire to manage underbrush. Congresswoman Schrier is joined in introducing this bill by Representative David Valadao (CA-22). A companion bill in the United States Senate is being led by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ted Budd (R-NC).
KATU News
In a bid to tackle the increasing threat of wildfires, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ted Budd, R-N.C., along with U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, D-Wash., and David Valadao, R-Calif., have introduced the National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025.
The bipartisan legislation seeks to promote prescribed burns as a strategic measure to mitigate the devastating impacts of wildfires across the nation.
In 2024, wildfires ravaged 8.9 million acres of land, marking one of the highest totals on record.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier (WA-08), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), and Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced the National Landslide Preparedness Act Reauthorization Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that would take steps to enhance landslide preparedness and improve public safety.