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    05.10.2012
    BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, FL
     Raccoon East
    Big Cypress National Preserve Fire Management will be conducting a prescribed burn on Thursday, May 10, 2012...
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    05.09.2012
    BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, FL
     Raccoon 11
    On Wednesday, May 9, 2012, a prescribed burn will take place in Big Cypress National Preserve...
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    05.09.2012
    BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, FL
     Rock 96.9
    On Wednesday, May 9, 2012, Big Cypress National Preserve Fire Management will be conducting a prescribed burn in the Raccoon Point Unit...
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    05.03.2012
    SAINT CROIX NATIONAL SCENIC RIVER, WI
     Peasley/Rice Lake
    On April 28, 2012, staff from Saint Croix NSR, Buffalo NR, Indiana Dunes NL and Voyageurs NP conduct..
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    04.26.2012
    WRANGELL - ST ELIAS NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE, AK
     University Sub-Division Debris Pile Burn
    National Park Service Fire Staff will burn piles of debris consisting of trees and brush from a hazardous fuels treatment project that occurred on the property during the summer of 2011...
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