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Many people in New Mexico are calling for an investigation of the practice of prescribed burning in light of the recent immense Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak wildfires that began as prescribed burns. The combined fires have scorched 312,000 acres as of May 28th and remain out of control. At least 330 homes have been More

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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by George Wuerthner.

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