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Scorched earth: another season of catastrophic wildfires caused by government policies and activist obstruction tactics threatens the environment and people.(Environmental Extremism)

The New American

| August 09, 2004 | Jasper, William F. | COPYRIGHT 2004 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The 2004 forest-fire season could set new records for destruction. By the first week of July, hundreds of thousands of acres in the Western states and Alaska were already ablaze. By mid-July, thousands of people were fleeing their homes in California and Nevada, as flames engulfed forests and nearby communities. And the real fire-hazard months of August and September have yet to arrive.

Forestry experts have warned us for years. The catastrophic wildfires that have reduced millions of acres of national forest to ashes over the past decade have proven their warnings correct. But government policies and the obstructionist tactics of the hard-core environmental ...


    
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