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Archive Home > 2003 > May > 21 > House signs on to plan to speed up tree cutting

House signs on to plan to speed up tree cutting


May 21, 2003

From staff and wire reports

The U.S. House voted Tuesday to accelerate tree cutting on 20 million acres of overgrown woodlands that are prone to the wildfires that burned across 15 states last year.

Co-sponsored by Oregon Republican Rep. Greg Walden and Scott McInnis, R-Colo., the bill had....

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