Stretched resources and low morale as firefighters face an already blazing wildfire season

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Adding pressure, the Trump administration has told firefighting agencies to pursue a “full suppression” strategy, meaning agencies are expected to try to snuff out every wildfire by default rather than allow some to burn when communities aren’t at risk.
Los Padres Interagency Hotshot Crew construct a direct fireline on the southwest portion of the Cottonwood fire above Birch Lake in Utah on June 26, 2026.
Los Padres Interagency Hotshot Crew members construct a direct fire line on the southwest part of the Cottonwood Fire above Birch Lake in Utah on Friday.Mike McMillan / U.S. Forest Service - Fishlake National Forest

Wildfire season is just beginning in the West, but firefighting resources are already strained following a windstorm last week that sent flames racing through Great Basin states mired in drought.

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