U.S. Satellite Capabilities for Tracking the Wildfire Life Cycle

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Sep 10, 2026

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Sep 12, 2026, 2:52 pm UTC

Authors: Anna E. Normand, Caitlin Keating-Bitonti, Rachel Lindbergh, Eva Lipiec

Source topics: Space Policy, Earth Sciences & Natural Hazards

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Related federal bills

• HR 527To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey, to establish a grant program for monitoring wildfires by satellite.
  119th Congress
• HR 753To direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to maintain a program that improves wildfire forecasting and detection, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 471To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 5782To improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• S 91A bill to improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• S 306A bill to establish and maintain a coordinated program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that improves wildfire, fire weather, fire risk, and wildfire smoke related forecasting, detection, modeling, observations, and service delivery, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• S 3923A bill to improve the weather research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, and expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data.
  119th Congress
• S 140A bill to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• S 1462A bill to improve forest management activities on National Forest System land, public land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and Tribal land to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested land, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress