National Public Radio: Raging wildfires are burning tens of thousands of of acres in Arizona, Nevada and parts of New Mexico and Colorado. But federal agencies overseeing the response say they're not worried - by this time last year, there had already been more fires that destroyed more acres. "I would describe [this season] as getting off to a slow start," said Kari Boyd-Peak, a spokeswoman for the National Interagency Fire Center, which bills itself as a national support center for wildland firefighting. "We're just...
URL: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/17/152911097/feds-fire-season-off-to-slow-start-even-as-wildfires-rage-in-southwest?ft=1&f=1025
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