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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
June 6, 2004
WASHINGTON - Faulty budget projections and funding shortfalls for fire-fighting programs by the U.S. Forest Service have cost the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests $7.3 million dollars over the last two years - money that was transferred out of local budgets to pay for fire suppression....