You may be thinking of the US Forest Service’s suspension of prescribed burns. https://cepr.net/publications/us-forest-service-decision-to-halt-prescribed-burn

You may be thinking of the US Forest Service’s suspension of prescribed burns. https://cepr.net/publications/us-forest-service-decision-to-halt-prescribed-burns-in-california-is-history-repeating/ https://cepr.net/publications/us-forest-service-decision-to-... However, state and local agencies undertake prescribed burns regularly. To be fair, clarity (read: honesty) from political figures on this topic (and others) is at an all time low.