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Environmental

Jul. 27, 2012

In battle over wildfire damages, private landowners clash with federal government

Private landowners, such as Sierra Pacific Industries, complain that federal prosecutors are seeking excessive awards even as they pursue larger per-acre claims when their property is damaged.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

In the battle over how much money should be paid for land damaged in the wake of wildfires, the outcome could depend on whose land is being burned.

Federal prosecutors have aggressively gone after those they accuse of negligently setting fires that have burned national forest land in California - raking in more than $300 million in damages in recent years. But their success has brought a political backlash from lo...

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