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April 22, 2014

Oregon forests preparing for controlled fires

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Fire managers at the Willamette and Deschutes national forests still intend to ignite prescribed fires in designated wilderness areas, but they won't be doing it as a joint effort as they planned.

Prescribed fires in wilderness, such as in the Mount Washington and Three Sisters wilderness areas, would represent a departure from normal U.S. Forest Service practices of leaving these areas untouched.


 
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