Forest Service Completes 127,000 Acres Of Prescribed Burns During The Shutdown. Plans To Ramp Up Burn Operations.

Chief Schultz of the Forest Service issued an announcement welcoming back furloughed employees after Congress passed the continuing resolution to reopen the government. It’s safe to say this shutdown was different from others, being the longest in history, but amazingly, the Forest Service and wildland firefighters continued with prescribed burning in o…