Governor Wants Guard Troops Back for Fires
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The state is at such high risk for a wildfire “blowup” this summer that Gov. Brian Schweitzer wants at least some of the 1,500 National Guard soldiers on active duty overseas to return home for the wildfire season.
The governor warned in Helena that the state was like a powder keg because of drought and forests full of dry timber.
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