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Glenn Poshard: “The committee report includes language indicating an expectation that the Forest Service will not engage in any below…”

On the recordJune 20, 1996
The committee report includes language indicating an expectation that the Forest Service will not engage in any below cost timber sales. Does the chairman agree that this provision should be applied to hardwood timber stands but should not preclude the Forest Service from taking out pine stands in order to reforest the Shawnee with native hardwoods.
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Glenn Poshard
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing provisions related to timber sales and reforestation in the Forest Service.

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