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Burn Alternative Noah talks with Merrill Kaufman, Ph.D., a research scientist at the Rocky Mountain Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service. Kaufman heads research for the South Platte Restoration Project -- an alternative to prescribed burns intended to prevent forest fires. The project involves contracting to companies to clear small trees and undergrowth from the forest, which one of the companies will use to manufacture a product called "wafer" board.

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Noah talks with Merrill Kaufman, Ph.D., a research scientist at the Rocky Mountain Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service. Kaufman heads research for the South Platte Restoration Project — an alternative to prescribed burns intended to prevent forest fires. The project involves contracting to companies to clear small trees and undergrowth from the forest, which one of the companies will use to manufacture a product called "wafer" board.