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SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews moved to ramp up the battle Wednesday against two expanding forest fires threatening Sequoia National Park’s giant sequoia trees and infrastructure.

BLM To Conduct Controlled Burns as Winter Weather Arrives CASPER, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Casper, Buffalo and Newcastle Field Offices are planning to burn slash piles on public lands as winter weather makes preventative burns safe to conduct across the region. Burning may begin as early as next week and continue through April 2021, with all prescribed burn projects conducted in accordance with approved burn plans which specify weather, smoke dispersal, and fuel moisture con...