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On the recordJuly 22, 1998
93 percent of the forest is left. Ninety-three percent is left, and now, get this, of the 93, that is all 500-year-old trees. But do forests grow back?
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

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Discussing forest conservation and the age of trees during a debate.

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