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PORTLAND â U.S. Forest Service leaders got a message from their top boss Wednesday.
Chief Vicki Christiansen, the agencyâs leader, announced that all Forest Service workers should immediately refocus their time and energy to address the countryâs worsening wildfire season.
Fires were resisting control efforts, she said, and the West was bracing for more extreme weather in the coming months.
âWe expect demand for resources to outpace resource availability, and our workforce remains fatigued and in need of recovery following last yearâs record-setting fire season, an active hurricane season, and strenuous efforts to respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic,â Christiansen said in the letter.
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Published: Monday, July 12, 2021
Randy Moore. Photo credit: Forest Service/You Tube
Randy Moore is the incoming chief of the Forest Service. Forest Service/YouTube
Wildfire season will be ramping up when Randy Moore starts as chief of the Forest Service later this month and he has the right resume to step into that deepening crisis, groups that follow forest policy say.
Moore, a career Forest Service employee who s been the regional forester for the Pacific Southwest since 2007, brings experience in managing California s 20 national forests for wildfire a natural cycle that s grown out of hand in many areas thanks to climate change and vegetation that s built up because of years of strict fire suppression.
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