| Water Supplies at Risk From Fires in Dead Forests |
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| Written by JOAN LOWY, Flathead Beacon | |
| Tuesday, 16 June 2009 | |
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Water supplies for 33 million people could be endangered if millions of acres of beetle-ravaged forests in the Rocky Mountains catch fire, a U.S. Forest Service official said Tuesday. Read more...
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