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http://www.outsideonline.com/news-from-the-field/Forest-Service-Will-Let-Some-Blazes-Burn.html

headline:

Forest Service Will Let Some Blazes Burn
Policy shift from last year

The Forest Service will let some fires in remote wilderness areas burn
this year, after spending $400 million over budget during last year's
record fire season. The policy change, announced last month by Forest
Service chief Tom Tidwell, aims to keep firefighters out of danger and
save money, as well as reduce the possibility of cataclysmic fires
later by eliminating dead trees and other possible fuel sources. It
also brings the agency back in line with the Wildland Fire Policy,
which it, along with all other federal land managers, adopted in 1995.

Timothy Ingalsbee, the executive director of Firefighters United for
Safety, Ethics, and Ecology, praised the change in an interview with
the Associated Press:

This new policy gives a lot more flexibility. It takes the blanket
policy where every fire was treated the same and gives fire managers
more options.... Chief Tidwell's move should restore the confidence of
the fire management community that all the training and technology
that's been invested to give fire crews the ability to work with fire
to restore ecosystems will not be wasted by a return to yesteryear's
all-out war on wildfires.
The Forest Service expects to lose $212 million from its 2013 budget
due to sequestration. That includes $134 million for fighting fires.