Midday Report April 10, 2023

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s panhandle may look unchanging, but the area is moving rapidly in a geologic sense. The Division of Forestry is cutting firebreaks in anticipation of fire season.

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A heavy masticator like this was among the pieces of heavy equipment used by state Forestry and a contractor to clear vegetation from the fuel break the agency cut in an area west of the Delta River and the City of Delta Junction. The masticator knocks down trees and then grinds them up into chips. (Alaska Division of Forestry
A heavy masticator like this was among the pieces of heavy equipment used by state Forestry and a contractor to clear vegetation from the fuel break the agency cut in an area west of the Delta River and the City of Delta Junction. The masticator knocks down trees and then grinds them up into chips. (Alaska Division of Forestry

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