| Wildland-urban development drives up cost of wildfires in the West |
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| Written by BETTINA BOXALL, Los Angeles Times | |
| Thursday, 31 July 2008 | |
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An analysis done by the U.S. Forest Service and the
University of Wisconsin found that, between 1990 and 2000, 61 percent
of the homes built in Oregon, Washington and California--more than 1
million all told, were built in the wildland-urban interface, and
according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection,
nearly 40 percent of the state's more than 12 million homes are on
lands that are extremely fire prone. Read more...
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