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Jim Risch: Our objective is to get the harvest up without compromising these bedrock environmental values that we care about in…

On the recordJune 24, 2013
Our objective is to get the harvest up without compromising these bedrock environmental values that we care about in Oregon.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch emphasizes balancing timber harvest with environmental protection.

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