Ecologists and forest fire experts recommend several strategies for reducing fire-related harm to forests and people.Which of the following is not one of those strategies?
A) Encourage growth of young trees and underbrush.
B) Set small, contained surface fires in highest-risk forest areas.
C) Allow fires on public lands to burn as long as they do not threaten lives.
D) Thin a zone of 60 meters around houses and buildings in fire prone areas.
E) Thin forest areas vulnerable to fire by clearing away fire-prone trees and underbrush.
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