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Last year, the Trump administration delayed a $10 million grant that was supposed to help Minnesota thin out about 4,000 acres of dense, dry forest at high risk of burning. Most of that work never got started.

washingtonpost.comDOGE delayed a grant that would have reduced fire fuels in a Minnesota forest now ablazeOfficials said losing out on the ability to do vital prevention work at a perilous time for the region hindered them from being as prepared as they could have been.

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It's a much larger problem than just 4,000 acres. Superior National Forest is almost 4 million acres, and the problem with undergrowth has been known for a long time.