• Ecologists say federal wildfire plans are dangerously out of step with climate change

    Ecologists say federal wildfire plans are dangerously out of step with climate change
    A scorched structure and vehicles stand on a property mostly destroyed by the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire on June 2, near Las Vegas, N.M. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
    The federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) is launching an investigation after U.S. Forest Service-controlled burns that escaped caused the largest wildfire ever recorded in New Mexico.
    The GAO is examining controlled burn policies at the Forest Service and other federal land agencies.
    On May 20, USFS Chief Randy Mo

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