More money to fight wildfires, but no long-term budget fix 

 

December 18, 2015



CHEYENNE (AP) — Budget legislation headed toward approval by Congress includes an additional $610 million for the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires next year but no long-term fix to how the agency, year after year, has had to borrow money from other programs to keep up with the ever-growing cost of fighting fires.

The Forest Service spent a record $1.7 billion fighting fires this year. F...



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