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FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2003

The Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico is thinning forest lands and setting proscribed burns in hopes of preventing forest fires.

The reservation was hit by a spate of arson fires over the past year. An ex-Bureau of Indian Affairs employee and a former tribal employee have pleaded guilty to setting fires.

A tribal-federal-state task force has been investigating the incidents.

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NM officials work to prevent forest fires (The El Paso Times 3/7)

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