Eisenhower talked about the military industrial complex, and now we have firefighting industrial complex.
Ryan Zinke
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Ryan Keith Zinke is an American politician and businessman who served as the U.S. Representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2015 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Zinke was appointed as the Secretary of the Interior under President Donald Trump, serving from March 2017 until January 2019. During his tenure, he focused on issues such as energy development, public land management, and conservation efforts. Zinke has also been involved in various initiatives related to veterans and outdoor recreation.
A lot of it is litigation. I have talked to the superintendents in Montana, and they want to do the right thing.
I would agree. Lastly, the Good Neighbor Program. Let's talk about something that is good.
It seems like we are running to the EV world without looking at the supply chain.
Well, it seems to me a forest is a breathing entity, and what we are doing is we are stopping, we are starting, we are stopping, we are starting.
I would encourage us all to look at maybe a couple of pilot programs in different regions, you know, to look at a different model that perhaps would sidestep some of the point litigation that is going on on a small timber sale.
As the gentleman from Oregon has said, that we have made a lot of promises but not a lot of promises kept.
there is probably nothing that is more divisive and more contentious than is this rule in the West with farmers and ranchers.





