An ambitious plan to clear away fire hazards and restore ecological health to Arizona's massive pine forest has so far failed to meet expectations set by the U.S. Forest Service.
Six years into a 20-year plan to thin overgrown ponderosa pines from northern and eastern Arizona, the Four Forest Restoration Initiative has treated just over 80,000 of the 1 million acres targeted for work. http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2016/06/20/years-later-arizona-forest-thinning-just-not-happening/85706310/
Article courtesy of The Republic/AZcentral.com by Brandon Loomis
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