John Hope Bryant: “The fact of the matter is it represents a system of forest management that is absolutely reprehensible. The gentleman…”

“The fact of the matter is it represents a system of forest management that is absolutely reprehensible. The gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Vento] has a compromise bill to defend, and I understand that, but I do not believe in his heart he thinks that this is a good way to manage the forests. I do not think Members do, either. The fact of the matter is that many have local timber companies that want to keep on doing this. Everybody knows this is a bad idea. No one would manage their own lands that way. Why would the Members let our lands be managed that way? Selection management is a good enough manner of doing it, an economical means of doing it. What the Members are asking us to do is subsidize people. The fact of the matter is they are spending three times more getting this timber out of these mountainous areas then we are earning, at the present time when they continue to build all of these roads that will be prohibited by my amendment.”