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  • Burned trees' loss transcends the economic: Apaches' bitter harvest

    12/29/2002 8:13:49 AM PST · by madfly · 22 replies · 668+ views
    The Arizona Daily Star ^ | Dec. 28, 2002 | Tom Beal
    Apaches' bitter harvest Photos by Aaron J. Latham / Arizona Daily StarBIA forester Frederick von Bonin inspects timber. When emergency harvest is over, the Apache mainstay will be severely curbed for a century. This summer's Rodeo-Chediski fire, largest in Arizona's history, burned 276,507 acres of Apache land, 462,606 acres in all. Fresh snow shows through the stands of scorched forest almost as far as the eye can see on the White Mountain Apache Reservation. The tribe is harvesting a century's worth of timber in six months. Burned trees' loss transcends the economicBy Tom BealARIZONA DAILY STAR CIBECUE - The forests...