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to change and reform in the wildfire space. We both
wondered how this first meeting of the commission
would go. Would we find people who shared our commitment
to change?
As commission members took their seats, I was
as delighted as I was nervous about the fact that I
only knew about a third of the people in the room.
The world of wildfire is notoriously small-I joke
that this is why I only say nice things about other
people in the industry-and I was encouraged to
see so many new faces. The room was diverse in
terms of gender, age, and race. As I discovered, several
commission members came from organizations
adjacent to wildfire-there were representatives of
the Environmental Protection Agency, for example,
and the public utility Denver Water. As the intense,
expertly facilitated meeting began, it became clear
that these folks were not sitting there to add a line
to their resumes. Whether their mission, like mine,
was to end wildfire disasters, or whether it focused
on saving lives, protecting public health, or restoring
the natural and cultural functions of wildfire to landscapes,
the people who made up this unprecedented
federal policy effort were passionate and dedicated.
My experience with wildfire's impact on the built
environment helped me emphasize the key elements
A wildfire
approaches
a suburban
neighborhood in
California. In recent
years, wildfires
have produced
costly, widespread
destruction in a
number of urban
population centers
around the country.
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