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Posted: Sep 11, 2015

After A Bad Fire Season, Northwest Tribes Question Federal Firefighting Priorities

This wildfire season has hit northwest tribal lands particularly hard. Firefighters’ first priority is “life and property.” But some tribal members wonder why protecting some kinds of property—like farms and even second homes— comes before tribal forest land. Several inches of ash blanket the ground where a wildfire recently passed through a pine forest on the Colville Reservation.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 10:50:34 AM - SOURCE: KUOW 94.9FM - Puget Sound Public Radio
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Posted: Sep 11, 2015

After A Bad Fire Season, Northwest Tribes Question Federal Firefighting Priorities

This wildfire season has hit northwest tribal lands particularly hard. Firefighters’ first priority is “life and property.” But some tribal members wonder why protecting some kinds of property—like farms and even second homes— comes before tribal forest land. Several inches of ash blanket the ground where a wildfire recently passed through a pine forest on the Colville Reservation.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 10:50:34 AM - SOURCE: KUOW 94.9FM - Puget Sound Public Radio
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Posted: Sep 11, 2015

After A Bad Fire Season, Northwest Tribes Question Federal Firefighting Priorities

This wildfire season has hit northwest tribal lands particularly hard. Firefighters’ first priority is “life and property.” But some tribal members wonder why protecting some kinds of property—like farms and even second homes— comes before tribal forest land. Several inches of ash blanket the ground where a wildfire recently passed through a pine forest on the Colville Reservation.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 10:50:34 AM - SOURCE: KUOW 94.9FM - Puget Sound Public Radio
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Posted: Sep 11, 2015

Early Morning Fire at Old Swimming Pool House in Yakima

The Yakima Fire Department says the old swimming pool house for the old Washington pool at Martin Luther King Park caught on fire Friday morning. Firefighters say the fire broke out at the building at the corner of Race St. and S 8th St. around 4:30 a.m. Crews were able to get the fire under control quickly.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 7:39:18 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com
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Posted: Sep 11, 2015

Early Morning Fire at Old Swimming Pool House in Yakima

The Yakima Fire Department says the old swimming pool house for the old Washington pool at Martin Luther King Park caught on fire Friday morning. Firefighters say the fire broke out at the building at the corner of Race St. and S 8th St. around 4:30 a.m. Crews were able to get the fire under control quickly.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 7:39:18 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com
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