Controlled burns reduce wildfire risk, but they require trained staff and funding − this could be a rough year

Prescribed burn
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“When careful, evidence-based forest management is replaced with a heavy emphasis on suppressing every fire or clear-cutting forests, I worry that human lives, property and economies, as well as the natural legacy of public lands left to every American, are at risk.” — Laura Dee

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