Newsmakers: Oct. 28, 2022: Forest Service Associate Chief Angela Coleman, Rita Hite, Christopher Martin and Malcolm North on the 2022 wildfire season and broader forest management issues

Wildfires have burned across the country in 2022, but the acreage this year is comfortably below the record levels of year’s past. Angela Coleman, the associate chief of the U.S. Forest Service, joins Newsmakers to discuss this year’s fire season and steps being taken to better maintain the country’s federal forests and secure a large enough firefighting workforce.Then, Rita Hite with the American Forest Foundation, Connecticut State Forester Christopher Martin, and University of California, Davis, researcher Malcolm North discuss the state of America’s forestland and, the impact of climate change and legislative action available to Congress on the subject.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD