Sonny o' neal is a worried man in what sounds like a nice job. He is the supervisor of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, a vast swathe of trees, mountains and grassland that curves from central Washington state to the Canadian border. This spring, the snow is only half as deep as usual. The spring sun will soon burn it off, leaving the Ponderosa pines and Douglas firs tinder-dry. "It's shaping up to be a pretty bad year for fires," says Mr O'Neal.
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