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Article: Texas Forest Service Presents Traveling Exhibit to Educate Those Living In Urban Wildland Interface.
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- January 25, 2000
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Homes burned, livestock lost, fire and smoke damage to clothing and personal effects, and even loss of life has become a real threat to Texans. To prevent this scenario, the Texas Forest Service has created a new vehicle format to educate Texans on how to protect their homes and families from fire in wildland areas.
The "Urban Wildland Interface" traveling exhibit consists of an illustration-wrapped van and trailer. The exhibit, manned by Texas Forest Service personnel and volunteers, will travel across Texas spreading its message of "defensible space" and "firewise" practices to those living in wildland ...