On the recordAugust 26, 2015
The U.S. Forest Service had a report a couple years ago. They are talking about over 65 million acres of National Forest system lands that are high or very high risk of catastrophic wildfires.
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Barrasso highlights the extensive wildfire risk across U.S. Forest Service lands.
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