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Commission Makes Wildfire Recommendations
Fire Prevention Trumps Environmental Concerns
March 19, 2008
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE —
A commission appointed by the
governors of California and Nevada has released a draft report
about what should be done to reduce the danger of major wildfires
in the Lake Tahoe basin.
The report says fire prevention should take priority over
environmental concerns because catastrophic wildfires can devastate
the basin's environment.
It calls for cooperation by government agencies and private
landowners to minimize fire risk by thinning the basin's forests.
The commission was appointed after the Angora Fire destroyed 254
homes and caused more than $140 million in property damage last
June.
Commissioners have scheduled a vote on the report's 70
recommendations for Friday in South Lake Tahoe.
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