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On the recordOctober 24, 2017
But you couldn't do it through a timber sale because that didn't give the at least 10 year horizon that the owner needed to be able to invest in equipment for the mill.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley explains the challenges of funding timber sales for mill investments.

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