I think understanding the scope of the challenge is essential for us to act appropriately.

I think that is something very important for the Senate to take a look at, a disaster supplemental to address that devastating destruction and the backlog of unfunded restoration projects.

We are very concerned about understanding exactly the role of forests in carbon absorption and storage or as often referred to as sequestration.

The Roadless Rule has been the single largest impediment to economic access in Southeast because it affects all sectors of the economy, including mining, renewable energy, and recreation and tourism.

I think that will be very valuable in your efforts to guide the Forest Service and our efforts to help fund what you need.

Well, thank you very much, Chief Christiansen.

I think it is time we try to fund the doubling of the size to $80 million.

Thank you very much, Senator, for making that important point.

I really look forward to working with the subcommittee and with you all to see this vision move to reality of the new Civilian Climate Corps.

It is clear from the science that we need to restore our forests because they play a significant role in curing the climate crisis.

Is it the case that these CCC projects, both existing and the proposed play a significant role in giving a lot of youth a second chance?

I am disappointed that rather than building on all of the good work done over the past few years to evaluate the impact of the roadless rule on the Tongass and the Tongass dependent communities, that the administration has kind of hit the…

What does it take to get these projects that have already cleared the environmental controls underway?

I want to emphasize is the possibility of having firefighters become year round crews where they turn from firefighting to forest restoration.

There is hundreds of miles of old timber roads in our national forests that often are eroding and creating silt in the streams, which really affects our salmon runs.

we have had a challenge in which the Forest Service has not been completely transparent about its contracting process.

we cannot fail to end fire borrowing and let that return to be the norm in fiscal year 2022.

Forests are integral to the identity of my home State of Oregon.

Can you make sure we get that by the end of this month, a few days from now?

I think your answer was essentially, yes, it is funds.

Then it drives resources that Congress can consider appropriating.

I look at this as, one, the world needs to come together in this from a humanitarian, from a moral perspective.

We have to have a plan.

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