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Lawsuit: US withholding wildfire fuel break information

by Scott Sonner
| August 16, 2021 12:03 AM

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are accusing federal land managers of illegally withholding information about environmental assessments used to justify plans to create fuel breaks to slow wildfires by clearing forests and shrubs across six western states with little if any public oversight.

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