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FireApproved exposes those rows only as northeastern Minnesota regional context and preserves the 3-to-30-foot versus beyond-30-foot source placement.","sourceVersion":"Dovetail-Northeastern-Minnesota-Firewise-2017","asOf":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"wdnr-uwex","sourceName":"Firewise Landscaping — A Guide to Protecting Your Home from Wildfire","sourceUrl":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/assistance/backyard/firewise/firewiseLandscaping.pdf","geography":{"grain":"state","stateCodes":["WI"]},"completeness":"partial","reviewStatus":"reviewed","scope":"Wisconsin DNR and UW-Extension co-published this Wisconsin guide, which the current DNR property-preparation page still links. FireApproved publishes 21 exact owners from the profiles and shoreland table. 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FEIS fire-ecology context does not vote in the plant classification. Absence of a status row is not regulatory clearance."}