U.S. again prepares to ax wildfire prevention funds even now

While mourning 19 dead, U.S. again prepares to ax wildfire prevention funds
By Bill Dedman
Investigative Reporter
NBC News

The Obama administration, which will send Vice President Joe Biden to Arizona on Tuesday to mourn 19 firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill fire, is cutting federal programs meant to control the spread of exactly that kind of catastrophic wildland fire.

Fire and land management officials are warning that more firefighters will be in danger, and more homes will be burned, if the nation continues to spend more on putting out forest fires while spending less on preventing them. But federal officials, while acknowledging the danger, say firefighting efforts are costing so much that they're leaving less money for prevention.
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