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| Nov. 29, 2010--A great deal of
planning and preparation goes into this event. Ted Bechtol,
superintendent of the U.S. Capitol Grounds, traveled to Wyoming to look
at the finalist trees. |
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| Beverly Carroll, national
manager of the Capitol Christmas Tree Program for the Forest Service
(left), has worked on the program over the last 16 years. Mary
Cernicek
(right) is public affairs officer for the Bridger-Teton National
Forest, which covers 3.4 million acres in Western Wyoming. Also
on hand (not shown) was Maria Benech, a resource management program
area leader at the Stanislaus National Forest in California; she will
be leading the 2011 Capitol Christmas Tree effort. |
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