NEWSTALK 860 » wildfire economy http://ksfa860.com Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 East Texas Forest Economy Takes Huge Hit from Wildfires http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-forest-economy-takes-a-huge-hit-from-wildfires/ http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-forest-economy-takes-a-huge-hit-from-wildfires/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:05:17 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=15137 We've known for some time that this year's wildfire season has been the worst in the state's history, but now we know what that means in dollars and cents for the east Texas timber industry.

The Texas Forest Service reports over the last 10 months, east Texas wildfires have wiped out more than $97 million worth of the region’s trees.

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