FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2017, file photo, the Eagle Creek wildfire burns on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge near Cascade Locks, Ore. After a summer wildfire season that blanketed Oregon and much of the West in smoke, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., has introduced a bill that would create a $1 billion fund to allow the Forest Service to increase the pace and scale of wildfire reduction projects, empower federal agencies to work with local communities to plan and prepare for wildfires, and permanently reauthorize a collaborative forest restoration program that brings stakeholders together to thin forests. (Genna Martin /seattlepi.com via AP, File)
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