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Intense Wildfire Season Expected in West
By Bobby Magill published
Forest Service anticipates spending up to $1.6 billion fighting a fire season that could be worse than normal.
Wildfire Prevention Costs Far Less Than Fires (Op-Ed)
By Jeff Peterson published
Which is more expensive: fighting fires, or preventing them?
Yosemite Wildfire Seen from Space (Photo)
By Megan Gannon published
After a dramatic growth spurt this week, a wildfire burning in California's Yosemite National Park forced hikers to evacuate and produced a billowing veil of smoke that can be seen from space.
The Two Wildfires Everyone Should Be Talking About (Op-Ed)
By Wally Covington published
Years of forest management saved hundreds of Arizona homes from disaster this year.
Fighter Jet Captures Towering 'Fire Clouds' Over California (Photos)
By Kelly Dickerson published
Wildfires raging over northern California have created huge pyrocumulus clouds.
Washington State's Sprawling Wildfire Captured By Drone Cam
By Laura Geggel published
The sky is thick with smoke in central Washington, as the state's largest wildfire in recorded history leaves a charred trail of burned homes and blackened trees.
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