WASHINGTON, June 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Wilderness Society posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: Covering wildfire and public lands * As wildfires intensify across the West, the threat to communities is exacerbated by a series of recent administration actions. These include thousands of layoffs, firings and forced retirements at the Forest Service (including affecting staff with wildfire expertise), budget cuts and malfeasance, and chaotic consolidation and reorganization   more