Fire season has already started. The mild winter and lack of snow in Southcentral Alaska has firefighters nervous about the tinder dry conditions in and around the state’s largest urban center. Interior Alaska is also an area of high fire danger this spring. Green up is early, but how much would new growth slow a big burn?
HOST: Lori Townsend
GUESTS:
- Tim Mowry, fire information officer, Department of Natural Resources
- Statewide callers
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LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.
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