The wildfires in the Boundary Waters were preventable. Last year, a $10 million grant for wildfire prevention efforts passed President Trump’s desk. He let DOGE cut it.
The wilderness is on fire, firefighters have died and MN kids have been put in harm’s way — all because this admin decided to roll back critical wildfire prevention efforts. This is not a game. These are real lives.
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- DOGE didn’t “cause” the 2026 fires near Ely. Look at the pictures I live in this area! Tell me how much cleanup is being done. These pictures were just taken on Sunday. Kawishiwi District kept receiving its regular yearly Forest Service funding for thinning, prescribed burns,
- @RepAngieCraig....Lying again, making it sound like MN fire fighters have died fighting fires in the Boundary Waters, 2026. TRUTH- No, no firefighters have died while fighting the 2026 Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) wildfires. [1, 2] Source, credit MPR News.
- it green new deal scams, it did NOT directly cut fire fighting budgets you #LIAR Boundary Waters area burns almost every year, with all the blowdown fuel that could have been helicopter logged out but was blocked there is an over abundance of fuel on the ground. DEMS did it!




