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Jeff Merkley: “We really have to push to map the acres around our most vulnerable towns, and how we thin and treat those forests even…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2023
We really have to push to map the acres around our most vulnerable towns, and how we thin and treat those forests even if they are more expensive per acre.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Stresses the importance of treating forests near vulnerable towns.

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