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Diana DeGette: “We don't need any more timber roads. Construction of timber roads uses U.S. taxpayer dollars to pay for the business…”

On the recordJuly 14, 1999
We don't need any more timber roads. Construction of timber roads uses U.S. taxpayer dollars to pay for the business costs of the timber industry, and results in the degradation of soil, water quality and wildlife habitat.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado
Source
congress.gov
Jul 14, 1999

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of timber road construction and its environmental impact.

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