February 6, 2012
U.S. Forest Service plans to boost timber production, forest health work
The U.S. Forest Service wants to speed up work on national forests, for both timber production and forest health.
"Collaboration is most effective in getting forests managed in a proper way," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a conference call on Thursday. "We want to move beyond the conflicts in the past that slowed progress down. We're going to look to encourage environmentalists, folks in the forest industry, people who live in forest communities and other stakeholders to work for healthy forests."
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