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New Mexico State University

Resources Magazine

Fall 2002

Features

firefighters BLAZING TERROR IN THE WOODLANDS
by Kevin Robinson-Avila
Families like the Southards of Ruidoso are trying to rebuild their lives after their homes have been ravaged by fire.
thinning THE RACE AGAINST FIRE
by Kevin Robinson-Avila
Thin is in as communities redouble efforts to clean out New Mexico's forests and create fire- defensible landscapes.
Mary Williams TALL, TALL TREES
by Norman Martin
For 30 years, scientists with NMSU's Mora Research Center have taken tree climbing very seriously as they've worked to keep New Mexico's forests healthy.
wood planks ROOTS OF TROUBLE
by Norman Martin
In the wake of yet another devastating wildfire season, an NMSU scientist traces today's timber troubles back to the 1880s.

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