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Jeff Merkley: “How do we responsibly address forest health if we can't have a robust fuels reduction program on the front end?”

On the recordMay 21, 2013
How do we responsibly address forest health if we can't have a robust fuels reduction program on the front end?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions the feasibility of forest health without adequate funding.

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