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Victor Fazio: I think the key is to come up with a definition of dead and dying trees that would warrant a salvage operation. The…

On the recordJune 19, 1996
I think the key is to come up with a definition of dead and dying trees that would warrant a salvage operation. The gentleman from California had proposed, for example, 70 percent. If we had that kind of clarity in the law, then we would not have the problem of green trees being cut in some areas and the program working perhaps more appropriately in other areas. And, of course, the 318 inclusion, which occurred in the Senate during the conference, was very much a troubling aspect for people across the spectrum who were interested in the forest health issue.
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Victor Fazio
Democratic · California

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Discussing the need for clear definitions in forest management legislation.

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