Wildfire forecast for West worsens

From AP via The Durango Herald:

Months ago, national fire managers predicted the 2004 wildfire season would be a bad one. Now, they’re changing their forecast: It’s going to be worse.

With unseasonably warm temperatures in March and April, the potential loss of heavy airtankers for safety reasons and a years-long drought continuing, Western states and the federal government are grimly facing the possibility of another devastating fire season.