Federal Missteps Exposed in Grand Canyon Wildfire Devastation: An America First Call for Accountability

How did a seasonal lightning strike escalate into a wildfire that ravaged over 18 square miles of one of America's most iconic natural landmarks? As Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs surveys the burned remains from a Black Hawk helicopter, the smoldering ruins of the Grand Canyon Lodge and charred forests tell a story not just of nature’s fury but of critical failures in wildfire management under federal jurisdiction. Federal Strategies or Federal Failures? The Dragon Bravo fire, sparked by lightning on July 4, was initially managed under a decades-old National Park Service policy allowing certain fires to burn as part of...