President Biden to meet with Gov. Kate Brown, other western governors on wildfires

President Joe Biden, center, speaks during a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors and mayors and cabinet officials in the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure deal in the Senate. Biden is flanked by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris, right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Joe Biden, center, and Vice President Kamala Harris, right, are scheduled to meet Friday with western governors to discuss wildfires and how the government should respond. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris plan to meet virtually Friday with Gov. Kate Brown and other western states governors to hear about the impacts of the 2021 wildfire season and discuss ways to improve wildfire prevention and response, according to the White House.

On Wednesday, Brown visited the Bootleg fire in southern Oregon, currently the largest wildfire in the country. The governor said the state needs to modernize its firefighting practices and a plan passed by the Legislature, Senate Bill 762, will help Oregon move in that direction.

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