8th District Representative Kim Schrier discussed her efforts to address wildfire concerns on the federal level.

Schrier said it's alarming that the region already has had over 200 fires and we're not even in fire season yet.

"We do need sort of a conservation corps to go and make our forests resilient. At least get the areas of our forest where there is a wildland/urban interface." Schrier said, "Communities that are right in the thick of it need to be able to thin the forest surrounding that area where people live."

The Sammamish Democrat pointed to a controlled burn project to mitigate fire risk in the Roslyn/Cle Elum area as an example of the type of efforts that are needed across the west.

Some of Schrier's efforts include supporting grants for firefighters and adding an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to secure surplus military equipment for fire districts.

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