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Host: Shawn Spruce
Fire season is well under way in parts of the country. Tribal forestry officials are watching the landscape, and Native firefighters are already on the scene at several hot spots, trying to contain forest fires. We get updates on where the problem areas are and what the experts are doing to try and head off disaster.
GUESTS
Bodie Shaw (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs), deputy regional director for the northwest region of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Interagency Fire Center
Darron Williams (Hopi), northwest regional fire management officer for the Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs
Ron Swaney (Salish Kootenai), fire management officer for the Salish Kootenai Tribe
Robert Jackson (Pima), fire captain for the Gila River Fire Department
Break music: Burn Away (song) Sage Bond (artist) Prisoner (album)
