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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Kim Schrier (WA-08), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), John Garamendi (CA-03), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Jim Costa (CA-21), Vince Fong (CA-20), and Sharice Davids (KS-03) introduced the bipartisan Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Amendments of 2025 that will fund key water infrastructure projects that are used to mitigate drought and solve other pressing challenges that are facing Washington and other areas of the country.
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.
Evacuations: An interactive map shows the level 1, 2, and 3 evacuations in Chelan County for communities near the fire and you can sign up for evacuation notifications in your area on Everbridge. Residents should be prepared for changes in evacuation levels as fire conditions can rapidly change.
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.