2025 Joint Fire Memo signing at Yates
On Tuesday, May 20, the USDA Forest Service was honored to host Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum for a joint wildfire briefing and a joint memo on wildfire preparedness signing ceremony, ensuring active coordination between the two departments this fire year.
While at the event, hosted at the Yates Building, Secretary Rollins also signed a Secretary Memorandum on improving USDA’s approach to responding to wildfires. The memo provides clear expectations about USDA’s approach to responding to wildfires and directs the entire department to support the Forest Service commitment to wildfire preparedness and response.
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