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Major effort underway to help protect California forests from wildfires using existing fuel breaks

If you've ever flown over California's forests, you may have noticed long, cleared strips of land cutting through the trees. These are fuel breaks, strategically cleared areas to help slow the spread of wildfires. Now, a new partnership between private and federal landowners aims to connect these fuel breaks into one unified defense system.
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