Is it not a fact that a lot of the timber that we are attempting to harvest on Federal forest lands declines in merchantable value, or loses its monetary value altogether because of our inability to get these sales out, because of our inability to harvest these dead, dying and diseased trees in particular?
Discussing the challenges of timber harvesting on Federal forest lands.
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