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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
April 1, 2008
The U.S. Forest Service is becoming the Fire Service. Firefighting costs are guzzling about half its budget.
In 2000, the Forest Service spent $1.1 billion on firefighting. That was 21 percent of the agency’s budget. President Bush’s budget for 2009 proposes $2.1 billion for....
