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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announces that wildland fire suppression costs for the fiscal year have exceeded $2 billion, making 2017 the most expensive year on record.

September 16th, 2017

“…..At the peak of Western fire season, there were three times as many uncontained large fires on the landscape as compared to the five-year average, and almost three times as many personnel assigned to fires. More than 27,000 people supported firefighting activities during peak Western fire season. The Forest Service has been at Preparedness Level 5, the highest level, for 35 days as of September 14, 2017. Approximately 2.2 million acres of National Forest system lands have burned in that time…..”

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announces that wildland fire suppression costs for the fiscal year have exceeded $2 billion, making 2017 the most expensive year on record.

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