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Angus King: “30 percent of the forest land in America is federal. 70 percent of acreage burned last year was on federal land. There's…”

On the recordJune 16, 2021
30 percent of the forest land in America is federal. 70 percent of acreage burned last year was on federal land. There's something wrong here.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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King highlights the issue of federal land management and forest fires.

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