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U.S. races to thin forests ahead of wildfire season

(27 Jun 2023) ASSOCIATED PRESS Downieville, California - 9 June 2023 1. Various of workers putting trees and branches into wood chipping machine ASSOCIATED PRESS Camptonville, California - 9 June 2023 2. Various of machine moving and stripping trees to be sold as timber in Tahoe National Forest ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Eli Ilano, Tahoe National Forest supervisor: "We're trying to reduce the threat of large scale wildfires by reducing the number of trees across the national forests in the western U.S.. So when there's too much fuel or vegetation, then that creates larger, more intense wildfires. The other thing that's happening is we're having more intense drought and in a lot of cases less precipitation, which stresses the trees and creates a situation where they're weakened." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Plumas County, California - 5 August 2021 4. House in flames, fire reaching white car parked in front 5. Cars burnt by wildfires ASSOCIATED PRESS Camptonville, California - 9 June 2023 6. Various of machine cutting down dead trees in Tahoe National Forest 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Eli Ilano, Tahoe National Forest supervisor: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "I think this work is incredibly urgent. I think the forests as we know them in California and across the West, they're dying. They're being destroyed through fire. They're dying from drought, disease and insects. And like I said, they're dying at a pace that we're having trouble keeping up with." 8. Various drone shots of stands of dead trees in Tahoe National Forest 9. Pan of dead trees from ground ASSOCIATED PRESS Downieville, California - 9 June 2023 10. Various of workers putting trees and branches in wood chipping machine ANNOTATION: Some critics complain federal land managers aren’t thinning forests fast enough while others say they’re cutting down too many trees. ASSOCIATED PRESS Sacramento, California - 9 June 2023 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Evans, CalWild, wild rivers director: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "We're asking the Forest Service to make their treatments lighter, to focus on smaller trees and shrubs, leave the larger trees and ensure that the scenery that and recreation opportunities that people enjoy along the north Yuba River are protected." ASSOCIATED PRESS Downieville, California - 9 June 2023 12. Drone shot of Yuba River in town of Downieville surrounded by forest slated for thinning 13. Pan of Yuba River ASSOCIATED PRESS Sacramento, California - 9 June 2023 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Evans, CalWild, wild rivers director: ++COVERED++ "My wife and I camp in the Yuba River drainage. We go hiking there. I was just there a couple of weeks ago. So, you know, this is an important area to us and we don't want to see it, we don't want to see it burn up and we don't want to see it logged over." ASSOCIATED PRESS Camptonville, California - 9 June 2023 15. Pile of recently cut logs ASSOCIATED PRESS Camptonville, California - 9 June 2023 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Matt Millar, National Forest Foundation, program manager: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "I once heard someone describe forest thinning and logging operations as open-heart surgery. You know, afterwards, it's not a pretty sight. It can look a little bit rough. But forests recover, and they're very resilient. People will have to get used to seeing a less dense forest because that's a healthy forest." 17. Pan of piles of recently trees and branches 18. Drive-by of forest that has been thinned STORYLINE: It’s a multi-billion dollar cleanup of forests choked with dead trees and undergrowth. ---- Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...