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Wearing soot-smudged, fire-resistant clothing and helmets, several wildland firefighters armed with hoes moved through a stand of ponderosa pines as

There is a massive effort in wildlands across the West to prepare for a fire season that follows the worst one on record. Here's what to expect.

ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press Wearing soot-smudged, fire-resistant clothing and helmets, several wildland firefighters armed with hoes moved through a stand of ponderosa pines as flames tore through the underbrush. The firefighters weren’t there to extinguish the fire. They had started it. The prescribed burn, ignited this month near the scenic mountain town of Bend, is part of a massive effort in wildlands across the U.S. West to prepare for a fire season that’s expected to be even worse than last year’s record-shattering one. The U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management...

Severe drought has turned forests and grasslands into dry fuels, ready to ignite from a careless camper or a lightning strike.

‘Nothing looks good’ preparing for wildfire season 28 minutes ago US Forest Service firefighters carry out a prescribed burn on the grounds of the High Desert Museum, near Bend, Oregon. Associated Press Don Thompson, Thomas Peipert, Associated Press Wearing soot-smudged, fire-resistant clothing and helmets, several wildland firefighters armed with hoes moved through a stand of ponderosa pines as flames tore through the underbrush. The firefighters weren’t there to extinguish the fire. They had started it. The prescribed burn, ignited this month near the scenic mounta...