Forest thinning helps reduce fires

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dwheeler at ipns.com (Daniel B. Wheeler) wrote in message 

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> compromise solution of pi equal to 3.
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> Forest thinning helps reduce fires.
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> So does clearcutting. For a while.
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> Daniel B. Wheeler
> www.oregonwhitetruffles.com

There's an interesting article in the LA Times about logging and
fires.  It can be found (for the time-being, at least) at
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/
la-na-logging17sep17013053.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dnation . 
(Watch out for URL-wrap; registration may be required).

The usual caveats about newspaper articles that deal with
scientific/environmental issues apply.