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Logging Does Not Reduce Fire Risk, Two Studies Conclude

Author: Cat Lazaroff

Location: Array

Language: English

Type of resource: News

Topics: Forest fire

Two new studies - one by an environmental group, one by a Congressional research group - have concluded that logging in U.S. national forests does not protect them against devastating forest fires. In fact, logging activities often increase a forest’s fire risk, the studies show.

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