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Fire helps the eagle soar

A bald eagle perched on a log floating in a body of water with the bank in the background consisting of large and medium rock.
There are more than 30 nesting pairs of Bald Eagles in the wildlands that surround Shasta Lake. (USDA Forest Service photo by Todd Johnson) Prescribed fire, the intentional and scientific use of fire on the landscape, reduces wildfire risk to communities that dot the wildland. But the Forest…
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