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In Oregon, a New Program Is Training Burn Bosses to Help Put More “Good Fire” on the Ground

Inside Climate News · By Grant Stringer · last updated
More states and private landowners recognize the importance of prescribed burns to improve forest health and reduce the severity of wildfires, but the lack of firefighters trained to ignite and manage the blazes has slowed progress.

By Grant Stringer

In July 2021, the massive Bootleg fire in southern Oregon burned 650 square miles and left vast swaths of forest littered with dead trees. 

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