BOISE — The Western wildfire season could start late at middle and high elevations thanks to the unusually wet winter, but forecasters say the bigger concerns are in rangeland at
Despite much of the West seeing record rainfall in August, heightened wildfire conditions have returned to the region, coupled with abnormally high temperatures.
For want of funds, a prescribed burn was canceled in 2019 close to one year later the same area ended up burning in the 2020 East Troublesome Fire, a blaze that ultimately cost millions.