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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
January 24, 2007
In 2003, the Davis Fire scorched 21,000 acres of forests in the Five Buttes area southwest of La Pine, killing almost all the trees in 80 percent to 85 percent of the area and destroying the habitat of two pairs of northern spotted owls.
To try to prevent something similar from happening again....