08/14/2012
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"The environmental laws of the 1970s now require an average of 4½ years of studies before we can undertake a forest thinning project."
"I have to tell you, candidly, that the gateway communities feel the current park management is entirely insulated and disinterested in their input and feedback."
"Federal land managers have kept our forests in decrepit condition under these laws and they lose money."
"These policies are madness, and they are now having a terrible effect on the prices that Americans have to pay for everything from gasoline and electricity to automobiles and light bulbs."