Trump and Musk cut funding for wildfire mitigation — and then the Northland started burning

By: Brian Martucci

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: July 31, 2026

Words: 870

Last Updated: 3 days, 8 hours ago

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The U.S. Forest Service lost more than 100 Minnesota employees and delayed $10 million in grant funding for wildfire mitigation in the Superior National Forest during the chaotic first year of President Trump’s second term.

Democratic elected officials say those setbacks left Minnesota ill-equipped to face the fires that have burned more than 60,000 acres in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness since early July and repeatedly billowed smoke across …

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