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Information on the Forest Service's Efforts to Control the Spread of the Western Spruce Budworm in the Carson National Forest

RCED-86-8 Published: Oct 30, 1985. Publicly Released: Nov 04, 1985.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Forest Service's efforts to prevent and suppress the spread of the western spruce budworm in the Red River Canyon area of the Carson National Forest. GAO also studied how the public influenced the Forest Service's decision to initiate a budworm suppression program in the area.

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