Economic risks: Forest Service estimates costs of fighting wildfires in a hotter future

U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station officials discussed the Climate Financial Risk report published by the White House Office of Management and Budget, which contained the sobering statistic that wildfires have cost government agencies an average of more than $3 billion per year over the last decade.

Economic risks: Forest Service estimates costs of fighting wildfires in a hotter future

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