Because a response would look different in the everglades in florida, densely populated NYC, LA, snow covered Wisconsin, sparse Wyoming and Alaska and the Rocky

Because a response would look different in the everglades in florida, densely populated NYC, LA, snow covered Wisconsin, sparse Wyoming and Alaska and the Rocky Mountains ... And federal solutions tend to gravitate to one size fits all. Or you must have 50 teams on federal payroll to tailor solution for each state - in which case they will probably duplicate already existing organizations. There is a role for the federal government - to make sure that scarce resources are procured and distributed, to fund R&D, to disseminate knowledge and know how.