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Sen. Merkley: spending for forestry is not wasteful
Friday, February 6, 2009
Senator Jeff Merkley responds in the Huffington Post to Republican claims that call restoring forest health and wildfire prevention as "wasteful spending" in the economic stimulus bill: "...there are millions of acres of choked and overgrown second-growth forests. Thinning these neglected forests is essential for restoring forest health and generating thousands of rural jobs....This is a win-win for our rural economies and our ecosystems."
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