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Choose a state or U.S. territory from the map below to browse through stories about fire from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).

ALABAMA		AL
ALASKA		AK
AMERICAN SAMOA		AS
ARIZONA		AZ
ARKANSAS		AR
CALIFORNIA		CA
COLORADO		CO
CONNECTICUT		CT
DELAWARE		DE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA		DC
FED STATES OF MICRONESIA		FM
FLORIDA		FL
GEORGIA		GA
GUAM		GU
HAWAII		HI
IDAHO		ID
ILLINOIS		IL
INDIANA		IN
IOWA		IA
KANSAS		KS
KENTUCKY		KY
LOUISIANA		LA
MAINE		ME
MARSHALL ISLANDS		MH
MARYLAND		MD
MASSACHUSETTS		MA
MICHIGAN		MI
MINNESOTA		MN
MISSISSIPPI		MS
MISSOURI		MO
MONTANA		MT
NEBRASKA		NE
NEVADA		NV
NEW HAMPSHIRE		NH
NEW JERSEY		NJ
NEW MEXICO		NM
NEW YORK		NY
NORTH CAROLINA		NC
NORTH DAKOTA		ND
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS		MP
OHIO		OH
OKLAHOMA		OK
OREGON		OR
PALAU		PW
PENNSYLVANIA		PA
PUERTO RICO		PR
RHODE ISLAND		RI
SOUTH CAROLINA		SC
SOUTH DAKOTA		SD
TENNESSEE		TN
TEXAS		TX
UTAH		UT
VERMONT		VT
VIRGIN ISLANDS		VI
VIRGINIA		VA
WASHINGTON		WA
WEST VIRGINIA		WV
WISCONSIN		WI
WYOMING		WY

 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages public land in every U.S. state and territory, including 550 national wildlife refuges and 70 national fish hatcheries.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages more than 75 million burnable acres, including 24 million acres of forest/brushland and 4 million acres of grassland.

More than 80% of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands in the continental U.S. (and more than 90% in Alaska) include fire-adapted ecosystems with vegetation dependent on periodic fire.

An average of 500 wildfires burn 300,000 acres each year on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands. The Service also burns more than 350,000 acres a year using prescribed fire.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service annual fire program budget is approximately $80 million.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employs more than 500 permanent fire professionals, along with 200 seasonal and temporary fire employees during fire season.

More than 2,000 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees are qualified to assist with wildland fire management on an interagency basis.

The U.S. Fish and Wildland Service Fire Management Program protects more than 700 communities and wildland-urban interface areas.

Historically, an acre was the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in one day. This measures 90% of a football field. There are 640 acres in a square mile.

More than 90% of the hazardous fuels reduction by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is completed using prescribed fire.