Yes, the gentleman is correct, if the gentleman will continue to yield. If we do not permit any new roads into roadless areas, if we do not permit new sales, then obviously timber sale receipts are going to decline and the distribution of those receipts, much of which goes for many important purposes, not least of which, again, is timber yield taxes to local counties, revenue is going to decline and some of it, not all of it, but some of it obviously will have to be made up by the taxpayers out of general revenues.
Frank Riggs: “Yes, the gentleman is correct, if the gentleman will continue to yield. If we do not permit any new roads into roadless…”
Editor's note · Context
Discussing the impact of restricting new roads and sales in roadless areas on timber revenue.
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