The Honorable Gale Norton
Secretary of the Interior
President's Briefing on Healthy Forest Initiative
December 11, 2002
Thousands of people in Arizona, Colorado, California,
Oregon and New Mexico had to be evacuated from their
homes.
In the Rodeo Chediski fire in Arizona, 35,000 people were
evacuated.
In South Dakota, Deadwood was on fire, which shut down tourism in the Black Hills area.
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