In this July 12, 2012, file photo, Inmates from the Eel River Conservation camp hike towards the Robbers fire near Iowa Hill, Calif. The state expects to have nearly as many inmates available to help during this year's firefighting season as it did before a two-year-old law began sending lower-level felons to county jails instead of state prisons, officials said Wednesday, April 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)