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| | SR.com: Field fire sets off foes of burning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04) |
 | | As the region's population has increased, field burning has been challenged as a threat to public health, especially for people with breathing difficulties. |
 | | Farm insurance companies have dropped coverage for field burning and, as a result, fewer than 2,000 acres of bluegrass stubble are expected to be burned this summer on the Rathdrum Prairie – an all-time low. |
 | | Historically, Redline said, grass growers on the prairie don't burn off their stubble until early August, which is when Meyer said he had expected to burn the field that caught fire Wednesday. |
| www.spokesmanreview.com /local/story.asp?ID=18217 (1004 words) |
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