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U.S. could see similar wildfire season as last year

The National Interagency Fire Center faces some uncertainty in making its predictions because global circulation patterns are uncertain. The La Niña weather pattern of 2011 could be transitioning to an El Niño episode.

Audio: Federal officials discuss fire season

Federal officials spoke with reporters April 26 to discuss the coming wildfire season. Click on the media player in the article to listen to the press availability in its entirety.

Station Fire offers technology lessons-learned

A review of the late summer 2009 Station Fire in southern California by the Government Accountability Office finds many technology-based improvements the Forest Service should make. The Station Fire,

Amid concerns over illegal border crossers, wildland fires sap law enforcement resources

Federal land management agencies dispatch law enforcement support to most wildland fires in the Arizona border region because of concerns about firefighter safety amid illegal border crossers, but

GAO: Centralizing IT has decentralizing effect at Forest Service

In an effort to streamline and reduce the cost of information technology operations, the Forest Service centralized IT in the early 2000s, but the resulting self-service approach at field units led