WILDFIRE NEWS OF THE DAY - 060815

United States

(1) Wildfire NOTD subscriber Bruce Courtright, Chairman of the National Institute for the Elimination of Catastrophic Wildfire, sent along another Op-Ed piece that looks at the problem of fire agencies robbing wildfire mitigation funds to pay for suppression costs
Wildfire crisis engulfs the rest of the Forest Service’s budget

California

(2) Firefighters in the Southern California community of Happy Valley contained a 2-acre wildfire on Saturday morning
UPDATE: 2-acre fire in Happy Valley contained

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