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On the recordMay 3, 2022
the Forest Service is just hell bent on killing what is left of a very small timber industry, starving them of timber supply.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski expresses concern over the decline of the timber industry in the Tongass due to federal policies.

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