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The US Forest Service is running out of money to fight wildfires

2014-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Vox: On Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Forest Service would blow through its firefighting budget by the end of August -- months before the fiscal year ends in October. Once that happens, the agency will need to divert as much as $500 million from other programs that are intended to prevent future wildfires. The agency is currently grappling with 30 large fires in California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. So far, this fire season has been below average in terms of acres...

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