Forest Service seeks bids to modernize fleet of firefighting planes
California Wildfires
A Kern County helicopter makes a water drop on a hot spot, north of Kernville, Calif., Tuesday, July 27, 2010. A fire in Sequoia National Forest has destroyed six homes, charred eight square miles and forced the evacuation of 122 juvenile offenders attending a forestry camp near the California town of Kernville. (AP Photo/The Bakersfield Californian, Casey Christie)





