WA to burn 2,100 acres in effort to prevent more severe wildfires later this year
Wildfire smoke has made Seattle's air quality among the worst in the world in recent summers.
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Wildfire smoke has made Seattle's air quality among the worst in the world in recent summers.
SEATTLE — The state Department of Natural Resources is planning to torch more than 2,100 acres this spring in an aim to prevent more severe wildfires as things heat up this summer.
More than a million acres of state forest contain trees that have succumbed to stressors exacerbated by a multi-year drought
Less than a year after Washington committed $328 million toward reducing the impacts of climate-charged catastrophic wildfire and improving forest health, the U.S. Forest Service announced a plan liable to supercharge that effort.