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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks to members of the media about the upcoming wildfire season, during a news conference at the History Colorado Center, in Denver, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. The U.S. Forest Service says it is adding four aircraft to its firefighting fleet as California recovers from a spate of blazes and other fire-prone states brace for another hot, dry summer.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks to members of the media about the upcoming wildfire season, during a news conference at the History Colorado Center, in Denver, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. The U.S. Forest Service says it is adding four aircraft to its firefighting fleet as California recovers from a spate of blazes and other fire-prone states brace for another hot, dry summer.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks to members of the media about the upcoming wildfire season, during a news conference at the History Colorado Center, in Denver, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. The U.S. Forest Service says it is adding four aircraft to its firefighting fleet as California recovers from a spate of blazes and other fire-prone states brace for another hot, dry summer.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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This photo taken in January 2014, and provided by Washington State Ecology Department, shows a seaweed-covered skiff that washed ashore at Twin Harbors State Park in Wesport, Wash. The skiff was recently confirmed as debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan. (AP Photo/Washington State Ecology Department)

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In this photo taken in June 2011, Jon Stravers guides his boat in an area of the Mississippi River near Harper's Ferry in northeast Iowa. This stretch of riverfront forest has been designated a “globally important bird area” by Great Britain-based BirdLife International and the National Audubon Society. (AP Photo/Kathy Carlyle)

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In this photo taken in June 2011, Jon Stravers guides his boat in an area of the Mississippi River near Harper's Ferry in northeast Iowa. This stretch of riverfront forest has been designated a “globally important bird area” by Great Britain-based BirdLife International and the National Audubon Society. (AP Photo/Kathy Carlyle)