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Bruce Westerman: the policy hasn't worked to save the spotted owl, and we can, in hindsight, decades and decades later, look back and say…

On the recordJune 3, 2024
the policy hasn't worked to save the spotted owl, and we can, in hindsight, decades and decades later, look back and say this was a weaponized rule just to stop management on the forests.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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Westerman critiques past forest management policies and their failure to protect the spotted owl.

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