{"id":4760,"date":"2017-07-14T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=4760"},"modified":"2024-09-23T22:47:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T04:47:11","slug":"wildfires-ravage-3-million-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wildfires-ravage-3-million-acres\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires ravage 3.2 million acres in 2017, and it’s only July"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014 Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com \u2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As of July 7, wildfires have consumed nearly 3.2 million acres throughout the country, and have impacted states from Alaska to Florida. Only a few thousand acres have been torched in prescribed burns designed to mitigate larger incidents.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier this year Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and other Midwestern states suffered catastrophic damage to range lands, property, homes and thousands of animals from massive wildfires. The ranchers, farmers and small communities impacted by these fires are still struggling to recover, and losses continue to add up. At least 6 people died, and thousands of cattle were killed<\/a> by the fires that covered nearly 2 million acres.<\/p>\n

As of July 7, wildfires have consumed nearly 3.2 million acres throughout the country, and have impacted states from Alaska to Florida. Only a few thousand acres have been torched in prescribed burns designed to mitigate larger incidents.<\/p>\n

According to the government’s wildfire incident information website, Inciweb<\/a>, active wildfires\u2013those not fully contained, and still growing in many cases\u2013cover 846,300 acres, and most are on lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The ten largest active fires are:<\/p>\n