A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Thursday intended to reduce the risk of wildfires, as the government struggles to respond to the most expensive year ever for fighting fires.

Five Western senators introduced a bill that is intended to be a compromise between competing factions in Congress who are weighing how to help fund wildfire response while imposing forest management changes that can prevent fires from starting.

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