The federal agency has jobs available through the Bakersfield Field Office for men and women of all levels of experience on engine crews, hand crews, bulldozers, water tenders and helicopters. The fire season last year was one of the worst in decades. The Manter Fire which burned more than 70,000 acres of BLM and Forest Service land in the Kern River watershed is just one example of the many large fires that raged throughout the West last year. After the fire season, Congress realized the importance not only of fire suppression, but also fire prevention through the use of crews to remove dangerously flammable brush. As a result, the Central California region of the Bureau of Land Management will receive an approximately 26 percent increase in funding for its fire programs.
More money means more jobs.
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