The work they did was basically on the west and also on the northeast part, where they did some partial harvesting in the mixed stands up there. It was good work, but the question was, would it be enough? They didn't do anything to the south, to my knowledge. I think if they had done a big chunk of work...because that was the biggest area of mountain pine beetle kill there. It was a solid state right from almost Wabasso all the way right into town. It was all standing dead, pretty much. If they had done something with that down there and broken that continual fire fuel, they would have probably prevented the fire from entering Jasper town itself.
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