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Take Two

Dead trees left by Rim Fire spark logging debate

By Take Two Staff
Published Aug 26, 2014
A small portion of the Rim Fire burn zone in the Stanislaus National Forest.
A small portion of the Rim Fire burn zone in the Stanislaus National Forest.
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Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED
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Dead trees left by Rim Fire spark logging debate

 Last year's Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park was another record-breaking fire. It burned a quarter of a million acres and left a lot of dead trees in its wake. Now the U.S. Forest Service is releasing plans to let logging companies cut down some of those trees. The California Report's Lauren Sommer says environmental groups claim that would destroy wildlife habitat.