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:: Thursday, May 22, 2003 ::
UPl: Forest thinning going at record pace Nearly 3 million acres of federal lands is expected to be "treated" by the close of fiscal 2003 this summer, well above the record 2.25 million acres treated last year when the issue of fuels reduction came to a head with the president's call for regulatory changes that would make it easier to conduct treatment projects and more difficult for environmentalists and other members of the public to block them.
"Forest fire season is almost upon us," warned Michael V. Draper, vice president of the West Coast carpenters union. "We urge the Senate to pass this important legislation as quickly as possible upon its return from the Memorial Day recess."
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