华盛顿2025年的野火季节烧毁了250 000英亩土地;资金削减威胁到今后的预防努力。 Washington's 2025 wildfire season burned 250,000 acres; funding cuts threaten future prevention efforts.

华盛顿州2025年的野火季节有1,851起火灾烧毁了超过250,000英亩的土地,包括华盛顿西部一代人中最大的火灾——贝尔古尔奇大火。 Washington state’s 2025 wildfire season saw 1,851 fires burn over 250,000 acres, including the largest fire in western Washington in a generation—the Bear Gulch fire. 尽管94%的火灾是小规模的,但持续疏散和空气质量差对梅森县等社区产生了影响。 Though 94% of fires were small, ongoing evacuations and poor air quality impacted communities like Mason County. 消防官员信贷法案1168为改进反应提供了5亿美元的野火资金,但国家预算短缺将今年的拨款削减到以前数额的6 000万美元的一半。 Fire officials credit House Bill 1168’s $500 million wildfire funding for improved response, but a state budget shortfall cut this year’s allocation to $60 million—half the previous amount. 官员们现在要求增加6000万美元, 建议利用国家限制和贸易系统的气候计划收入来维持预防工作. Officials now seek $60 million more, proposing to use climate program revenues from the state’s cap-and-trade system to maintain prevention efforts. 它们警告说,减少供资风险、大火、更昂贵的火灾和增加环境损害,强调积极主动的投资可以节省更多的费用。 They warn that reduced funding risks larger, costlier fires and increased environmental harm, stressing that proactive investment could save far more than the cost.