25% Research Cuts Hit Wildfire Mapping as West Faces Explosive Fire Season
The Trump administration has suspended 25% of NSF and NIH funding and proposed steep Forest Service cuts, threatening the real-time smoke mapping tool fire.airnow.gov. With much of the West primed for extreme wildfires, the research pullback could leave communities without critical data to protect lives and property. Climate-driven fire conditions make such cuts especially reckless.