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FILE -Firefighters monitor a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. Ivan Gomez who started a 2020 wildfire that killed 12 endangered California condors and seriously injured a firefighter was sentenced to 24 years in state prison, prosecutors said.
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The Trump administration has targeted protections for more than 4 million acres of California forests. opening them up to logging and road construction. Forest Service research shows roads are where many human-caused wildfires begin.
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