Posted by Ranger Janet (165.83.6.33) on September 12, 2002 at 09:12:24:
In Reply to: Money & Fire posted by Jelica on September 11, 2002 at 15:29:18:
: About how muuch money is spent on fighting fires annualy, in the nation? How much of that is in the Yellowstone area?
Hi Jelica,
With reguards to your second question, the dollar figure varies wildly in Yellowstone. Years in which we had only a few acres burn, the $ figures were extremely low. However, in 1988 more than $120 million was spent fighting the fires in the Greater Yellowstone area.