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MT State Forester warns of fire risk from beetle damage

Montana State Forester Bob Harrington warned state officials this week that the pine trees damaged and killed by beetles could provide fuel for major fires this year. Last fall the state was estimated to have 3 million acres of forests damaged by the pine beetles; that acreage of damaged pine trees could double this year.

10:46 am June 23, 2009 | | RSS 2.0 |
June 23, 2009