Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I want to encourage the Forest Service to find a way to complete that commitment to the community."

"I must say, there is an ecstatic community in John Day, Oregon and the Forest Service was instrumental in developing the innovation of using a service contract rather than a harvest contract to have t..."

"I certainly am very supportive of that."

"I do feel like there are a lot of very sensitive landscapes that have fallen off the list in recent years."