USA 2015 wildfire season tops costliest on record
The 2015 wildfire season costs surged to 1.71 billion, the highest ever as 9.8 million acres burned. Seven Forest Service firefighters died, with most fires in the West and Alaska. Fire funding pressures shift to thinning projects. a Wildfire Funding Act failed to pass in the budget.
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