Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge, according to forest and fire officials in Washington State and Oregon.
The biggest issue they're facing is a lack of communication from the federal government as the West faces "a pretty significant wildland fire season," Washington State Forester George Geissler said earlier this month during a press conference hosted by Democratic Senators Patty Murray of Washington and Jeff Merkley of Oregon.
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