Without enough wildland firefighters to meet the growing need, many think a pay raise would help

An associate chief who oversees fire and aviation resources for the U.S. Forest Service was among those discussing the problem of how low pay hobbles efforts to hire and retain over 17,000 federal wildland firefighters across multiple federal agencies.

Without enough wildland firefighters to meet the growing need, many think a pay raise would help

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