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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins issued a new letter on support for the U.S. Forest Service as wildfires continue to threaten much of the western United States. Our Charley Maranville reports the first half of this year has already been very busy for first responders. Fire management experts say land owners will need to opt in to prevention methods, like prescribed burning, and fire departments will have to collaborate across county and state lines.

Many of the nation's overgrown forests are at high risk of burning. Under the Trump administration, work to reduce flammable vegetation fell by more than a million acres compared to previous years.