[PCA] NEWS: Wildfire News Coverage
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Aug 1 11:17:53 CDT 2007
Here's two news articles about wildfires:
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http://www.hidesertstar.com/articles/2007/08/01/news/news1.txt
Professor turns fire theory on its head
By Mark Wheeler / Hi-Desertt Star
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:50 PM PDT
YUCCA VALLEY . Richard Minnich, an earth sciences professor at University
of California Riverside who specializes in wildfire ecology, brought his
insights into the complex details of wildfire risk to the Hi-Desert Nature
Museum Thursday when he appeared as the guest speaker for the museum.s
Brown Bag Lecture Series.
See the link above for the full article text.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/01/wildfires.ap/index.html
Westerners say federal rules make wildfires worse
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Wildfires in several western states have stirred
embers of the "Sagebrush Rebellion," as ranchers and politicians have
criticized federal agencies, the courts and environmentalists over
policies they say are contributing to the fires.
See the link above for the full article text.
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