{"id":749746,"date":"2021-09-14T00:35:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T04:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=749746"},"modified":"2021-09-14T09:26:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T13:26:46","slug":"biden-surveys-west-coast-wildfire-damage-promotes-spending-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-surveys-west-coast-wildfire-damage-promotes-spending-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Surveys West Coast Wildfire Damage, Promotes Spending Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-surveys-west-coast-wildfire-damage-promotes-spending-plan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=749746&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden traveled to the West Coast on Monday to meet with state and local officials at sites affected by recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-wildfires\">wildfires<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple blazes in northern California have burned millions of acres and thousands of structures this fire season. The state says it is currently dealing with 15 large fires.<\/p>\n<p>And challenging fire conditions are expected to endure for at least several more weeks. Forecasters expect above-average fire activity over the next two months in Northern California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Northern Rockies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese fires are blinking code red for our nation,\u201d said Biden in an address in Sacramento County, California held after the president observed damage from the Caldor Fire from Marine One. \u201cThey\u2019re gaining frequency and ferocity and we know what we have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Biden stopped in Boise, Idaho for a briefing from federal and state fire agency officials at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). There he was told by Grant Beebe, the assistant director of the Bureau of Land Management\u2019s Office of Fire and Aviation, that record fires are \u201cteaching us that we maybe need to change the way that we\u2019re doing business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden is using the trip to push his $1 trillion dollar infrastructure bill as well as his massive $3.5 trillion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-spending-plan\">spending plan<\/a>. He visited sites on the East Coast affected by flash flooding last week to deliver a similar message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The spending plan] literally provides for billions of dollars for wildfire preparedness, resilience and response, forest management and public water sources,\u201d said Biden Monday\u2014as he continued to make the case that the bills will help mitigate the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a Democrat thing; it\u2019s not a Republican thing,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a weather thing. It\u2019s a reality. It\u2019s serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden says extreme weather cost the nation about $99 billion last year and even more cost is expected this year.<\/p>\n<p>As of last week, roughly 44,000 wildfires have burned more than 5 million acres of federal, state, local, tribal, and private lands this year\u2014about 200,000 more than this time last year. On July 14th, the National Wildland Fire Preparedness Level (PL) was raised to level 5 (of 5). This was the earliest we reached PL5 in the past 10 years, and as of next week, it will also be the longest period of continuous-time that it has remained at that highest level.<\/p>\n<p>Biden approved a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration last month to provide California with federal support to combat the Dixie, McFarland, Antelope, Monument, and River fires. The Caldor fire was added to the list over the weekend. Officials say it is about 65 percent contained.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3996155\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/09\/14\/GettyImages-1340140125-1200x787.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"787\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3996155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1340140125-600x393-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Joe Biden walks by fire maps as he prepares to deliver remarks to reporters after doing a helicopter tour with California Gov. Gavin Newsom of the Caldor fire, at Mather Airport on Sept. 13, 2021. (Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Biden also used the Defense Production Act in August to assist with the production of firehoses. The funding helped an Oklahoma City nonprofit called NewView Oklahoma produce and ship 415 miles of firehoses.<\/p>\n<p>Chair of the National Association of State Foresters Wildland Fire Committee George Geissler spoke to the president Monday on the informal collaborative efforts between state and federal firefighting agencies who regularly assist one another on fires outside of their respective jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The threat of wildfires] really demands national attention, and it needs to be unified, it needs to be multifaceted,\u201d said Geissler. \u201cIt needs to take on prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trip marks Biden\u2019s first official visit to the West Coast as president. The tour also includes a stop later in the day in Long Beach to campaign for California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who faces a recall vote on Tuesday. Biden will visit Denver, Colorado on Tuesday to visit the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WEB_NickCiolino.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Ciolino\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Nick Ciolino<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nick Ciolino covers the White House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden traveled to the West Coast on Monday to meet with state and local officials at sites affected by recent wildfires. 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