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Report says forest thinning stymied

WASHINGTON - A report issued by the General Accounting Office - the investigative arm of Congress - found that about a quarter of the U.S. Forest Service's hazardous fuels reducing projects were appealed, halting work on 954,000 acres of forestlands in fiscal years 2001 and 2002.

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