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Archive Home > 2006 > March > 14 > 'Project Wildfire' group receives federal funding

'Project Wildfire' group receives federal funding

By Chris Barker / The Bulletin
March 14, 2006

When the Awbrey Hall Fire burned 3,000 acres and 19 homes west of Bend in 1990, residents received a terrifying firsthand lesson in the danger of wildfire.

Today, the fast-growing Bend area is home to thousands of new people who haven't experienced a wildfire.

That makes the recent allocation of....

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