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What's the forecast for the U.S. wildfire season this year?

NPR
Published June 9, 2023 at 6:20 AM MDT
The Windy Fire blazes through the Long Meadow Grove of giant sequoia trees near The Trail of 100 Giants overnight in Sequoia National Forest on September 21, 2021 near California Hot Springs, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)
The Windy Fire blazes through the Long Meadow Grove of giant sequoia trees near The Trail of 100 Giants overnight in Sequoia National Forest on September 21, 2021 near California Hot Springs, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Jim Wallmann, a meteorologist with the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, about the expected wildfire season in the U.S.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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