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"Coming on the heels of months of input from concerned parties and ordinary citizens, I am preparing to introduce legislation that will protect our treasured federal forests for years to come and provide many much-needed jobs right now. The Oregon Forest Restoration and Old Growth Protection Act will jumpstart federal efforts to make forests healthier and more fire resistant by allowing for the increased thinning of over-grown federal forests while permanently ending the harvesting of old growth trees in Oregon. I am currently sharing a draft of this legislation on my website and public comments are always welcome. I will consider further revisions before introduction.
I am calling on the timber interests and the environmental groups to move beyond a decades-old battle over forest thinning and look at how it would benefit the economy to the tune of 5,000 family-wage jobs while making forests healthier and safer. The legislation will also protect some of Oregon's oldest trees, those 120 years or older, from being harvested. The science no longer supports the harvesting of these state treasures and I believe they should be protected. Working together, we can create thousands of jobs while protecting old growth and strengthening our forests.
Click here to learn more about the Oregon Forest Restoration and Old Growth Protection Act.
Click here to read a summary of my legislation."
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