John Curtis: “Climate change is a public health, safety, environmental, and existential crisis like we have never known before.”

With every passing day, the threat to our communities, our lands, and our very lives grows more severe. That is why it makes no sense to leave a critical tool like controlled burns off the table.

This is the right move, both for the loved ones of the victims and for the country.

Americans deserve confidence that public institutions serve them — not presidents, political parties, wealthy interests, or members of powerful families.

Wildland firefighters willingly put themselves in harm’s way to protect our homes, communities, and public lands.