Tell Congress: Fix the Wildfire Funding Problem

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**Deadly U.S. megafires are growing hotter, lasting longer and burning more land due to climate change and other human causes.**

More and more homes are at risk, along with more of the special natural places that all of us hold dear. One major wildfire that burned the Sierra Nevadas for more than a year **raged into Yosemite National Park.**

Though wildfires continue to grow more dangerous, federal budgets aren't keeping up. The U.S. Forest Service has run out of the funds it needs to fight fires for 12 of the past 15 years. And as more resources are eaten up fighting wildfires, the agency has been forced to make devastating cuts to almost all non-fire programs — preventing them from properly caring for America's forests that benefit people, water and wildlife.

Some of the programs facing cuts help make forests healthier, which would reduce the risk of these fires. It doesn't make sense to pay more to fight megafires at the expense of preventing them in the first place.

**New bipartisan legislation would update the budget process,** treating wildfires like other disasters and freeing up funds for other vital conservation efforts. It's up to all of us to help save our critical lands and make sure this bill passes.

**Tell Congress today: We need you to protect our forests and parks. Fix the wildfire funding problem at once!**