Mr. Chair, as a forester, I can say that the only clear-cuts that are happening on Federal lands right now are wildfires. That is nature's way of clear-cutting. When we see these devastating wildfires that burn everything off of the landscape, that is a clear-cut. What Mr. LaMalfa was talking about was uneven-age forest management and thinning, which we know works. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Bentz).
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