Cliff Bentz: “I met with NOAA some time ago, maybe 2 years ago, and expressed my concern about the lack of focus upon ocean…”

So the market exists now. The issue is, will we have this additional $2.40 to make it actually work?

What you would do is you’d go back to those existing roads that have been abandoned and you would cut the trees out of them and presto, you have your road back.

Absolutely. I don’t have a study yet that shows exactly how great that demand is.

Mr. Chairman, this is an excellent bill, and we need it in Oregon. We have 30 million acres of trees. We absolutely need what this bill would provide.