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Northwestern dry winter raises wildfire risk this year
The Northwest saw a dry warm winter with low snowpack while the Southwest faced record winter rainfall and floods. Experts warn conditions are ripe for a bad wildfire season as dry forests and tall grasses become tinder. In Oregon’s Bend area, Wildfire Fuels Reduction reports $18,000 in spring work, up from $1,200 last year, while firefighting funding remains tight and cost measures are being pursued by incident management teams led by the Forest Service.
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Associated Press
Jack Owen
Oregon
Owen
Bend
Alice Forbes
The
Forest Service
National Interagency Fire Center
Boise
Idaho