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Oregon’s Wildfire Crisis Explodes | Spokane News
Oregon’s wildfire acreage just shattered its annual record—over two million acres burned by August 3rd, far surpassing last year’s total. Fire officials blame a century of fire suppression policies that allowed fuel like dead trees and brush to pile up, creating tinderboxes. Compounding the crisis: a severe drought gripping more than half the state, with low snowpack and scant rain, especially east of the Cascades. The trend is accelerating—just 3 fire seasons since 2000 exceeded 500,000 acres, but 8 have since, including 3 over 1 million. And alarmingly, 60% of these fires since 2013 were…
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