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On the recordApril 17, 2023
it made absolutely no sense to me that, in the name of protecting the bat, there were actions and talk of stopping forest management.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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Westerman argues that halting forest management is counterproductive to bat protection.

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