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Report: Work to reduce wildfire risks has economic benefits

by Associated Press
| February 19, 2020 2:30 PM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Projects to reduce the risk of wildfires and protect water sources in the U.S. West have created jobs and infused more money in local economies, researchers say, and they were funded by a partnership between governments and businesses that has become a model in other countries.

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