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Colorado looks to logging to help re-balance forests

By BRUCE FINLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 8, 2018 file photo a home sits in ruins on Lava Drive in El Jebel, Colo., after being destroyed by a wildfire. The Colorado State Forest Service said Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, that 2.9 million residents now live in areas at risk of wildfire in the state, up 45 percent over five years. The agency says three factors are behind the increase: More people moving into fire-prone areas, better data and changes in land use and vegetation patterns. (Austin Colbert/The Aspen Times via AP, File)

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By DAN ELLIOTT - Associated Press

Colorado’s quest to tackle dangerously unhealthy forests

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