Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180809:04:49:00
>> so forests across the west, including california, are decadent. we've got 100 years where we've been suppressing fires because we're protecting lives and property, 40 million people in california. can't afford to have fire burning the landscape. but with that has come a buildup of -- a natural buildup of fuels. and so, active thinning. governor brown has led efforts through a tree mortality task force dealing with 126 million dead trees, and now a forest management task force that is leading significant efforts to increase the pace and scale in treating up to 500,000 acres a year. and that'...
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