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Behind Washington's Fire Line, Conservationists Begin To Replant

KUOW | By Marcie Sillman
Published September 3, 2015 at 1:46 PM AKDT
A seedling planted in a burned area of the Klamath National Forest in 2008.
Flickr photo/USFS Region 5
A seedling planted in a burned area of the Klamath National Forest in 2008.

Marcie Sillman speaks with Mike Tupper, deputy assistant director for resources and planning at the Bureau of Land Management, about how conservationists are helping Washington's wild lands recover.

Photo: Recently planted douglas-fir on the Klamath NF by USFS Region 5 on Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
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