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  • Frustration mounts in Rim Country [Forest Hearings - Show Low, AZ]

    10/01/2002 6:01:37 AM PDT · by madfly · 17 replies · 306+ views
    The East Valley Tribune ^ | 9-29-02 | Mark Flatten
    SHOW LOW — Frustrated residents from fire-charred communities in the White Mountains blasted the U.S. Forest Service for its response to the Rodeo-Chediski fire and the sluggish pace of salvage operations during a special congressional field hearing here Saturday. The new danger for the communities devastated by the June fires comes from federal officials bogged down by bureaucratic procedures as they prepare plans to salvage trees killed by the wildfires, witnesses said. Bob Leaverton, fire plan coordinator for the southwestern forest region which includes Arizona, said the Forest Service is conducting an environmental assessment that should be finished by...