Sentences with phrase «wildfire suppression across»
After a century of wildfire suppression across the American West, many forests have grown unnaturally dense.
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The 2015 drought conditions and lack of snowpack led to a historically severe wildfire season with more than 1.6 million acres burned across Oregon and Washington, resulting in more than $ 560 million in fire suppression costs.
More than 80 wildfires burning across almost 1.5 million acres in nine western U.S. states; this year, the U.S. Forest Service has already spent about $ 1.75 billion on fire suppression and the Department of Interior has spent an additional $ 400 million.