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Study Finds U.S. Forest Service Fuel Treatments Prevent $3.73 in Wildfire Damages per Dollar Spent
A study published in the journal Science analyzed 285 wildfires in 11 Western states from 2017 to 2023. It found that every dollar spent by the U.S. Forest Service on fuel treatments such as prescribed burns and underbrush clearing avoided an average of $3.73 in damages from smok…