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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 11 > Fighting fire with science

Fighting fire with science

OSU-Cascades student collecting plant samples to help Forest Service, other agencies predict fires

By Sheila G. Miller / The Bulletin
July 11, 2009

Every other Thursday, Joe Checketts sets out into forestland, armed with a pair of clippers and a cooler filled with small metal tins.

As he works, the only sounds are the crackle of pine needles beneath his feet and the snip of the clippers as he moves through the ponderosa pines, collecting....

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