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The agency announced on Thursday that to clear brush and small trees from forested areas nationwide the U.S. Forest Service is resuming its practice of intentionally lighting fires after a three-month hiatus to review the risks of runaway wildfires under increasingly severe climate conditions. The prescribed fire program was put on hold in the midst of a devastating wildfire sparked by the federal government near Las Vegas, New Mexico in late May.  Through remote communities in the southern reaches of the Rocky Mountains the flames burned across more than 500 square miles (1,300 square kilometres). Randy Moore, Forest Service Chief said to keep pace with evolving weather and ground conditions prescribed burns will require new safeguards such as same-day authorization. He said that the Forest Service will adopt mandatory tactics that include a more robust scientific analysis of burn plans and a final on-site evaluation of the potential for human error linked to fatigue or inexperien...