Texas is second to Alaska in acres of forest land

From KVUE, March 25, 2009...

The first detailed statewide tree count in Texas history is headed toward this conclusion: Texas is No. 2, second only to Alaska.

The Texas Forest Service said Wednesday initial results of the first inventory outside East Texas indicate that the state has 60 million acres of forest land. That ranks second to Alaska and is about 23 percent of the forestation in the southern U.S.

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Forest officials warn fire danger expected to continue

From KVUE, December 3, 2008...

A series of brush and grass fires throughout Central Texas on Tuesday has the Texas Forest Service warning that it may only be the beginning.

"We had a very bad fire season that winter between '05 and '06 and the trend is identical -- almost identical to what we were seeing in '05," said Lexie Maxwell, Texas Forest Service.

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