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Hi ,

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I'm Jerry Clark . I'm the regional

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forester for Navy Region

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Northwest .

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What we're doing here today is working

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on a fire hazard reduction project .

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This will create a shaded

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buffer or a shaded fuel break .

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The way we do that is by mowing down

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the brush and pruning the trees up so

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that the the trees can grow larger

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crowns and create a shaded area where

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there's , uh , less fuel on the ground

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to be burned . It's important to

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maintain a shaded buffer so that a fire

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fighting crew can get to the fire that

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that may start along the road early

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and be able to control it quickly .

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This is important for the Navy and Navy

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bases because we have a lot of forests

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on our bases and in the event of a fire ,

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a shaded buffer road , UM ,

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allows for safer egress from the base .

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The Navy is committed to helping and

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doing our part in reducing fire hazards

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and fire risk within the region .