It may seem counter-intuitive, but more landowners and public safety officials have begun calling on the state to respond to last year’s devastating wildfires by lighting more fires — so-called prescribed burns that help remove the dry grass and brush that fuel the blazes. Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.

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