August 25, 1999

Forest Service gets waiver to expedite fuel suppression along Gunflint

Bob Kelleher - Reporter

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The US Forest Service will be able to side-step some regulations, to remove dead timber near Northeastern Minnesota's Gunflint Trail. Officials are worried about the danger of fire from millions of trees downed in a Fourth of July Storm. The waiver allows the Forest Service to go ahead with salvage timber sales with an abbreviated environmental review process.

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