As West burns, local forests get scorched of resources

This is a great article that addresses the budget considerations that arise from "fire borrowing". It has some great points about the Catch-22 we find ourselves in. Great quote in the article from Danny Lee,

"..if you want to understand what's happening to the trees and the forest

and the fish and wildlife that inhabit it, you have to understand fire."

Please see the read the whole article at Citizen Times.