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On the recordNovember 14, 2011
Are we watching with the current administration of the Forest Service an abandonment, indeed a repudiation, of Gifford Pinchot's vision of managing the forests to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number in the long run, his words?
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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Questioning the Forest Service's management approach under the current administration.

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