The National Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Program Committee has selected the West Region Wildfire Council (WRWC) to receive a Smokey Bear Award Certificate for their service to wildfire prevention. Their selection of WRWC for this award is based on the organization's leadership in promoting wildfire mitigation and prevention education in Community Wildfire Protection Plans across the region they serve.

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It has been a terrifying week for many residents in the Rocky Mountain Region forced out of their homes as they fled from the flames of several large, out-of-control wildfires. The High Park Fire northwest of Fort Collins, and a fire just outside of Ruidoso, N.M., have already claimed dozens of structures and left thousands evacuated.

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