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Archive Home > 2003 > May > 24 > Healthy Forest Act may boost state's sawmills

Healthy Forest Act may boost state's sawmills

Thinning could help keep mills open for at least another 5 years

By Kevin Max, Lisa Rosetta Monica Lee / The Bulletin
May 24, 2003

Though its mills are shuttered and idle, Prineville, as well as other cities, could see the return of jobs and production if the Healthy Forests Restoration Act clears a vote in the Senate.

On Tuesday, the bill sponsored by Congressman Greg Walden, R-Ore., that proposes opening 20 million acres....

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