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Bootleg fireFacebook ShareTwitter ShareByJack Forrest | The Oregonian/OregonLive
U.S. Forest Service leaders got a message from their top boss Wednesday.
Chief Vicki Christiansen, the agency’s leader, announced that all Forest Service workers should immediately refocus their time and energy to address the country’s worsening wildfire season.
Fires were resisting control efforts, she said, and the West was bracing for more extreme weather in the coming months.
“We expect demand for resources to outpace resource availability, and our workforce remains fatigued and in need of recovery following last year’s record-setting fire season, an active hurricane season, and strenuous efforts to respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Christiansen said in theletter.
It came the same day officials in the Northwest escalated their wildfire preparedness to the highest level, signaling they were using nearly all of their available firefighting resources.
The National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group followed suit with…
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