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Archive Home > 2006 > April > 06 > Experts predict late fire season

Experts predict late fire season

Winter's snowpack expected to keep summer blazes small

By Peter Sachs / The Bulletin
April 6, 2006

WASHINGTON - Experts say that this year's above-average snowpack across much of Oregon will most likely delay the start of the fire season.

Officials of the U.S. departments of Agriculture and Interior testified at a Senate hearing Wednesday that large swaths of the Southwest, Rockies and Plains....

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