The United States government has announced it will spend about $930m to fund forest-thinning operations in western states struggling to cope with explosive wildfire seasons.The funds will help finance projects to clear trees and excessive underbrush in fire-prone areas of 10 western states, where blazes have consumed nearly 300,000 square kilometres (115,000 sq miles) and burned about 80,000 structures over the last decade.“It’s not a matter of whether or not these forests will burn,” US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told reporters. “The crisis is upon us.”
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