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Fighting fire with fire
The Forest Service eyes controlled burns as a treatment for beetle-killed forests. PHOTO COURTESY U.S. FOREST SERVICE. Prescribed burns may play a role in restoring beetle-killed forests By Bob Berwyn...
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Prescribed fire as global warming tool?
Colorado researchers say controlled burns across wide areas would release relatively less heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than out-of-control wildfires burning the same area of...
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Commentary: Some wildfires benefit the environment
White River National Forest Supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams. White River National Forest supervisor discusses management of the Meadow Creek Fire, near Rifle, Colorado Read a related story on early...
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Op-ed: Roaring Fork project will improve habitat
White River National Forest Supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams. White River National Forest Supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams advocates for landscape-level intervention with controlled burns By Scott...
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Controlled burns needed to treat dead lodgepoles
White River NF supervisor says mechanical treatments not enough for forest health; prescribed fires needed to clear dangerous fuels Beetle-killed forests now dominate the landscape in Summit County....
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