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Ron Wyden: “Too often valuable timber lands are neglected to the point they become tinder boxes for catastrophic fire.”

On the recordJune 24, 2013
Too often valuable timber lands are neglected to the point they become tinder boxes for catastrophic fire.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden warns about the neglect of timber lands leading to fire hazards.

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