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Gary Palmer: “When you lock it up, that's neglect, and that's destruction by neglect.”

On the recordJune 25, 2018
When you lock it up, that's neglect, and that's destruction by neglect.
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Gary Palmer
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Argues that restricting access to forests leads to neglect and destruction.

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