Experts Seek Costly Thinning of Forests

Experts warn that decades of fire suppression have let so much fuel accumulate, the West faces catastrophe.

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August 17, 2000, 2:30 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Facing a swath of wildfires that on Wednesday threatened to meet on the Idaho-Montana border, ecologists are becoming increasingly concerned that massive blazes could sweep through most of the fuel-choked forests of the interior West in the coming decades."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Experts Seek Costly Thinning of Forests

Thursday, August 17, 2000 in The Los Angeles Times

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