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Archive Home > 2007 > May > 27 > If fire season is active, USFS can tap new reserve funds

If fire season is active, USFS can tap new reserve funds

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
May 27, 2007

WASHINGTON - As the U.S. Forest Service tab to fight last year's record wildfires spiraled, local forests felt the burn.

The Forest Service spent $1.5 billion - about twice what it budgeted that year - and the difference came out of the agency's other operations.

"It basically creates,....

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