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Archive Home > 2012 > August > 18 > Forest Service now trying to tamp out every flame

Forest Service now trying to tamp out every flame

By Susan Montoya Bryan / The Bulletin
August 18, 2012

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If lightning strikes in the New Mexico wilderness and starts a fire, the blaze would normally be little more than a blip on the radar of land managers who have earned a reputation for letting flames burn to keep forested lands from growing into a tangled mess.

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