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Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Monday. This is Seattle now. Washington has six national forests, making up about nine million acres of land in our state. Those lands are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, which also does research to help lessen the severity of our wildfire seasons.

Now a new directive from the Trump administration could change how our forests are managed.

We'll hear more from KUOW reporter John Ryan in a minute, but first, let's get you caught up.

Today is the deadline for Washington flood victims to apply for low-interest disaster loans.

The money is available for both individuals and businesses to replace things like appliances,

furniture, and cars, also for home repair.

The funding is being provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

A national campaign against book bans has brought Seattle Public Library cards to more than 28,000 young people across the country. SPL joined the Books Unbanned Initiative in 2023. The Seattle Times

reports, the program allows young people to access free e-books through the

Libby app, even if they don't live in Seattle.

Meanwhile, Seattle voters will decide in August on a $480 million property tax levy to fund

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