K2 Radio » U.S. Forest Service Chief http://k2radio.com Wyoming's Radio Station Fri, 24 May 2013 23:34:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 2011 Fire Season Already A Hot One http://k2radio.com/2011-fire-season-already-a-hot-one/ http://k2radio.com/2011-fire-season-already-a-hot-one/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:18:29 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=12279 As wildfires consume several thousand acres in the southwest, U.S. Forest Service Chief, Tom Tidwell notes, "So far the 2011 fire season has been relatively severe. More than 4 million acres have burned across the country, which is more than twice the to-date 10 year average. Parts of the south and southwest are in a prolonged drought. Most of the large fires have burned in the southeast, Texas , Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico and we also have some large fires in Alaska."

Tidwell testified Tuesday at a Senate Natural Resource Committee meeting on wildfire management programs.

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