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Glenn Thompson: “I think that just calls for more aggressive active management, because the overstory and the understory are growing at…”

On the recordJune 14, 2017
I think that just calls for more aggressive active management, because the overstory and the understory are growing at rates where we are not harvesting anywhere close to--anywhere I know, within the National Forest System--the sustainable rate.
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Thompson advocates for active forest management due to increased growth rates.

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