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Archive Home > 2004 > October > 19 > Subdivision held up as example of a fire-safe community

Subdivision held up as example of a fire-safe community

By Lily Raff / The Bulletin
October 19, 2004

When it comes to wildfire safety, Fall River Estates is kind of like the teacher's pet of Central Oregon.

In the last four years, all 120 lots in the subdivision two miles west of La Pine State Park have been thinned, lopped and whacked to reduce fuels that could spread a forest fire.

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