California to fire up burners to battle dead tree epidemic
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CRESSMAN, Calif. (AP) — California's drought and a bark beetle epidemic have caused the largest die-off of Sierra Nevada forests in modern history, raising fears that trees could come crashing down on people or fuel deadly wildfires that could wipe…