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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Westerman argues that halting forest management is counterproductive to bat protection.
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And I do want to make a clarification here. The idea of valuing our natural assets I don't think is a bad idea, and I think the US is probably behind in that, in creating standards.
Congress dedicate up to $1.3 billion annually in existing revenue from the development of energy and mineral resources on Federal lands and waters to the Wildlife Conservation Restoration Program.
I am concerned that we are getting behind, and we are allowing people who don't have our best interests at heart to develop these standards, where the US has generally been a leader in standards development around the world.
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