Thomas McClintock actually said...

Basically what we are doing is consigning what was once forestland to become brushland for the next several decades?

We need to take immediate action.

Four hundred miles of roads are now in jeopardy. If nearby trees are not removed before winter, we can expect dead trees to begin toppling, ...

As time passes, the value of this dead timber declines, until after a year or so it becomes unsalvageable.