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Ron Wyden: “What I think we are going to be measured on... is people are going to say how many acres did you get treated that you…”

On the recordDecember 16, 2009
What I think we are going to be measured on... is people are going to say how many acres did you get treated that you really took a step to make the forest healthy again?
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden stresses the importance of measurable results in forest management.

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