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The Prescott Hotshots leave to battle the Slide Fire in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Thursday, May 22, 2014. Hundreds of firefighters worked Thursday to protect communities on the edge of Flagstaff from a wildfire that is chewing up a scenic Arizona canyon with towering flames and burning entire trees down to nothing but ash. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Schennum) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES
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In this photo taken May 7, 2014, harsh paintbrush plants are shown on a prairie area used for live-fire exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. that also happens to be one of the few areas in the country where the federally listed endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly lives. The Army has been working to boost the numbers of the butterflies, in part because the presence of the insect could impact current training practices. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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In this photo taken May 7, 2014, Mary Linders, a conservation biologist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, holds a map of a prairie area used for live-fire exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., that also happens to be one of the few areas in the country where the federally listed endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly lives. The Army has been working to boost the numbers of the butterflies, in part because the presence of the insect could impact current training practices. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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In this photo taken May 7, 2014, Mary Linders, a conservation biologist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, poses for a photo in a prairie area used for live-fire exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., that also happens to be one of the few areas in the country where the federally listed endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly lives. The Army has been working to boost the numbers of the butterflies, in part because the presence of the insect could impact current training practices. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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National Edition Opinion cover for May 23, 2014 - Chilling the melting Antarctic hysteria (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)
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U.S. Forest Service firefighting crews work hotspots Thursday May 22, 2014 near Sedona, Ariz .The human-caused Slide Fire started Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Vyto Starinskas)
