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This image from Sunday, May 4, 2008 provides a detailed view of the damage done at the Minnewaska State Park preserve in upstate New York last week. It was also the scene of a bungle wherein state agencies pulled local volunteer firefighters off of the job to validate their identities, just at the point where the fire was nearly contained. The blaze then spread to 3,100 acres, coming within about three miles of the Grandmother Land, where many pictures that have appeared on this cover have been

May 5, 2008