We have never been able to do that before. It is going to make it possible for us to get saw logs to mills in eastern Oregon--we have got communities there with more than 20 percent unemployment--and, at the same time, also protect some of the old growth that Oregonians treasure.
Risch discusses a successful collaboration between timber industry and environmentalists in Oregon.
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