The Yakama Nation of Washington hopes firefighting crews can keep a blaze from destroying commercial timber and sacred areas of the reservation.
The Cold Springs Fire has burned 7,000 acres, 2,400 of them on the reservation. So far, only bug-killed timber in recreation areas has burned.
Crews are working to prevent the fire from entering heavily forested areas of the reservation.
"We sure want to keep the fire out of there as much as possible," Yakama Nation Forest Manager Edwin Lewis told The Yakima Herald-Republic.
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Crews fight to keep Cold Springs fire from Yakamas' commercial timber
(The Yakima Herald-Republic 7/16)
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