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Bill Morse, the public information officer for the Southwest Area Type 1 Incident Management Team, talks about the Slide Fire burning nearby on Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Kachina Village, Ariz. The fire, which has burned approximately 4,800 acres, is 3 to 3 1/2 miles away from the residential areas of Forest Highlands and Kachina Village, where the 3,200 residents remain under pre-evacuation warnings. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sonny Gray delivers to a Tampa Bay Rays batter during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 22, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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A firetruck provides water for a crew on the ground as firefighters backburned near Funny River Road Wednesday May 21, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska. Fire crews have been battling a wildfire that has grown to more than 44,000 acres in three days. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, Rashah McChesney)

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ADVANCED FOR RELEASE MONDAY, MAY 26, 2014 AND THEREAFTER Kevin Kenow is a longtime researcher at the USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center in La Crosse, Wis., who has specialized in studying migratory birds, especially tundra swans and loons. He recently won a Department of the Interior Meritorious Service Award for his work. (AP Photo/La Crosse Tribune, Erik Daily)

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FILE- In this file photo provided the Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, a beach is shown in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. Nearby Beachwalker Park on Kiawah Island is ninth on the list of Top 10 Beaches produced annually by coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman, also known as "Dr. Beach," director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research. (AP Photo/Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, FILE) NO SALES

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FILE- In this file photo provided by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, Buxton Beach is shown in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Cape Hatteras is sixth on the list of Top 10 Beaches produced annually by coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman, also known as "Dr. Beach," director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, File)