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    A helicopter flies on the Puma Prescribed Fire at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.
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    11.07.2008
    HOPEWELL CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, OH
    Hopewell Mound Group Prairie Rx
    The burn area lies on the south side of Sulphur Lick Road, in the Hopewell Mound Group, part of Hope..
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    11.05.2008
    EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT, NM
    Agua Fria Rx
    This prescribed fire project will establish and maintain vegetation composition, structure and mosai..
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    10.31.2008
    WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD
    Elk Mountain Campground Rx
    This prescribed fire in the Elk Mountain Campground is being conducted to reduce hazardous fuel buil..
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    10.31.2008
    JEWEL CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT, SD
    Hilltop Rx
    This project fire (prescribed fire) was ignited to remove dead and downed fuels that remain from when the 2000 Jasper Fire burned through the park...
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    10.30.2008
    ZION NATIONAL PARK, UT
    Three Finger Mesa Prescribed Fire
    The 2,100 acre Three Finger Mesa Prescribed Fire is a long term, cooperative project that is intended to protect private lands surrounding Zion National Park...
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