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Fires make Alaska hot spot for summer vacation

Major wildfires burning in Alaska on June 28, 2015.
Major wildfires burning in Alaska on June 28, 2015.

OUTDOOR TRAVEL -- Good timing if you, like me, picked this summer for a wilderness adventure in Alaska.

Alaska's wildfire season worries scientists
While 2004 is currently the holder of the record wildfire year in Alaska, fire activity this month has put 2015 in contention to take over that record, with 391 wildfires covering more than 1 million acres reported thus far this year.

This article has a startling map detailing the location of the largest fires in Alaska.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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