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On the recordSeptember 26, 2017
Those are the kinds of activities that are not going to make forests resilient. This is going to worsen the problem.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Westerman criticizes logging practices that harm forest resilience.

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