Comment by imoverclocked

> It's a particularly irrelevant question for this specific article, given that it's about Federal land and it's been a persistent issue regardless of which party holds national power.

I tend to agree that it's a bipartisan issue. However, the solutions will tend to fray along party lines. Ultimately, politics comes into play regardless of how bipartisan a problem is.

Famously, Donald Trump initially said "let it burn" when prompted for what to do about California wildfires. It was only after learning from his aides that there were more Republicans in California than many other red states combined that he reversed course. That alone makes for a pretty good reason for asking the original question.