Senator Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), joined by fellow Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and eight other Western Democrats, urged Senate appropriations leaders on Friday to include emergency funding for wildfire recovery on federal lands in any disaster supplemental this year.

In a letter dated Nov. 21 to Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the group pressed for resources to help National Parks, National Forests and Bureau of Land Management lands recover from a devastating 2025 wildfire season. The letter notes that damage to federal lands is not covered by FEMA, leaving land management agencies to shoulder cleanup and restoration costs on their own.

Repairing wildfire damages to National Parks, National Forests, and Bureau of Land Management L

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