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State forester: Thinning now can prevent large wildfires later

Lauren Gambino, Cronkite News Service//March 7, 2011//[read_meter]

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State forester: Thinning now can prevent large wildfires later

State forester: Thinning now can prevent large wildfires later

Lauren Gambino, Cronkite News Service//March 7, 2011//[read_meter]

[caption id="attachment_34135" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="A 2007 controlled burn removes underbrush near Munds Park. State Forester Scott Hunt told lawmakers that Arizona’s forests need to be thinned to help watersheds and...

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