Cross-Boundary Wildfire Mitigation
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-07-23 — Strategic Grazing to Reduce Risk of Wildfire Act: cross-connection with strategic-grazing-wildfire-reduction: Strategic grazing on federal allotments could complement cross-boundary fuel treatments that span federal, state, and private lands. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-12-16 — Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025: cross-connection with southwest-ecological-restoration-institute-utah: Institute mandate to restore forest/woodland health across ownership types complements cross-boundary wildfire mitigation frameworks. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-04-27 — FIRE Act: cross-connection with exceptional-events-clean-air-act: FIRE Act ties air-quality data treatment directly to wildfire-risk mitigation actions (e.g., prescribed burns), linking exceptional-events regulatory reform with the wildfire-mitigation policy pathway. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-03-17 — North Rim Restoration Act: cross-connection with north-rim-restoration-act: Dragon Bravo Fire recovery on NPS lands connects to broader cross-jurisdictional wildfire response frameworks. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-03-17 — Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act: cross-connection with post-disaster-reforestation-restoration: Post-fire landscapes are a primary trigger for the reforestation program; wildfire mitigation and post-disaster reforestation form complementary pre- and post-event public lands responses. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-06-15 — Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act: HR3922 (Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act) directs GAO to study wildfire mitigation across land-ownership boundaries and recommend ways to simplify coordination among federal land-management agencies and state, local, and tribal governments — an incremental process-reform directive rather than a new mechanism. (novelty: 2)