[PCA] NEWS: Cost of Fighting Wildfires in 2014 Projected to be Hundreds of Millions of Dollars over Amount Available

[Kwong, Olivia]

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2014/05/0075.xml

Cost of Fighting Wildfires in 2014 Projected to be Hundreds of Millions of
Dollars over Amount Available

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2014--According to a Congressionally-mandated report
issued today, the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of the Interior
(DOI) are projected to spend over $470 million more than is available to
fight wildfires this season. According to the report, the Forest Service
and Interior may need to spend $1.8 billion fighting fires this year, while
the agencies have only $1.4 billion available for firefighting.

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