Wildfire season has come to an end in Oregon and Washington, but the head of a key Washington state agency worries about budget cuts to fighting wildfires.
WASHINGTON, USA — This year’s wildfire season proved active across the Pacific Northwest, but a Washington state elected official says its firefighting agency is facing big budget cuts.
According to the Oregon Department of Forestry, there were over 1,100 fires on state-protected land this year, burning just over 24,000 acres, but 94% of those fires were put out before growing beyond 10 acres.
Combining state and federal land in Oregon, there were nearly 3,000 fires that burned
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