Topic - Forest Service

The Forest Service said its biggest challenge is simply that the number of intense wildfires is outpacing the ability to prepare sites for replanting.

As some forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds -- and obstacles →

Jaelith Hall-Rivera, deputy chief of state, private and tribal forestry at the Forest Service, said Washington shelled out more than $470 million in 2021 to hire state and private firefighters because of an inadequate number of federal firefighters.

Dangerously smoky skies engulf Washington lawmakers →