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Wildfire fighting plan eyes 1,000 miles of new fuel breaks

by Associated Press
| April 7, 2020 3:27 PM

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A plan to help in the battle against devastating wildfires creates fuel breaks 400 feet (120 meters) wide along 987 miles (1,600 kilometers) of roads in southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon that will be tied into an existing fuel break system in northern Nevada.

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