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 Stories About: logging AND United States AND US Forest Service AND wilderness
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I'll Do the Thinning Around Here, Baba Looey
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15 Jul 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| I'll Do the Thinning Around Here, Baba Looey Fanning a different kind of flame, Republican lawmakers are blaming environmental groups for contributing to the fires that destroyed more than 3.1 million acres of U.S. forests this year by blocking federal projects to thin undergrowth. Thinning removes brush and dead trees from the forest understory, thereby eliminating some of the dry matter and reducing ... |
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| Topics: logging, United States, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics) |
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