Climate Central: The 2012 wildfire season isn't over yet, but already this year is shaping up to be the one of the worst on record in the American West. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, with nearly two months still to go in the fire season, the total area already burned this year is 30 percent more than in an average year, and fires have consumed more than 8.6 million acres, an area larger than the state of Maryland.
Annual number of wildfires greater than 1,000 acres on U.S. Forest Service Land......
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Report: The Age of Western Wildfires
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 18th, 2012
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