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Archive Home > 2002 > August > 18 > Wildfires fuel forest thinning debate

Wildfires fuel forest thinning debate

Politicians call for changes in land management

By Rachel Odell / The Bulletin
August 18, 2002

The wildfires that have ripped through 830,000 acres in Oregon so far this year have politicians scrambling to give scorching commentaries on the need to make national forests more resistant to catastrophic fires.

-Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber visited Central Oregon to make a public plea for more....

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