Douglas LaMalfa actually said...

I hope we all leave here with an appreciation for the role that well-maintained forest infrastructure can have significant impacts on people...

I hope that we all leave here with a better sense of what we can do in the Subcommittee to help the Forest Service carry out its mission.

A significant portion of the backlog, nearly 75 percent, is maintenance of the 370,000 mile road system within our forests.

With them down significantly, and since recreation is a primary driver of road use; how much is being done to boost what is coming in on rec...