Endangered Species Act: Impact of Species Protection Efforts on the 1993 California Fire

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed events surrounding a large wildfire in California in 1993, focusing on: (1) the development and application of a prohibition on disking for weed abatement; (2) the fire's nature and the resulting damage to homes; (3) whether a relationship existed between the disking prohibition and the loss of homes; and (4) recent developments regarding the disking prohibition.