A House Natural Resources subcommittee will mark the one-year anniversary of destructive California wildfires at a hearing to promote forest management legislation.
The Subcommittee on Federal Lands will take testimony Tuesday as lawmakers press for Senate action on the “Fix Our Forests Act,” which would expand forest thinning and promote more home hardening and community protection.
The Palisades and Eaton fires around Los Angeles in January 2025 were especially destructive: The Palisades fire destroyed several thousand homes and other buildings, and 12 people died in connection to it. The Eaton fire burned both developed areas and around 8,000 acres on the Angeles National Forest and was blamed for 17 deaths.
The Justice Department is suing Southern California Edison in connection with the Eaton fire, which authorities blamed on the utility’s electric power lines.
