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Bruce Westerman: Is there a danger of doing prescribed fire without mechanical thinning first?

On the recordApril 4, 2022
Is there a danger of doing prescribed fire without mechanical thinning first?
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Westerman questions the safety of prescribed fire practices in forest management.

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