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Archive Home > 2007 > June > 20 > Money for thinning forests is well spent, lawmakers are told

Money for thinning forests is well spent, lawmakers are told

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
June 20, 2007

WASHINGTON — As the costs to fight wildfires continue to spiral upward, the government faces a choice: Pay now, or pay later.

“There are no risk-free management actions,” said Peter Daugherty, the private forests program director for the Oregon Department of....

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