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Loggers and mill operators warn that market and infrastructure gaps hinder fuels removal and forest restoration
Summary
Industry witnesses told the House Subcommittee that mill closures, import competition and a weak market for low‑value wood threaten the logging and processing capacity needed to support large‑scale fuels reduction.
Scott Dane, executive director of the American Loggers Council (first reference: Scott Dane, executive director, American Loggers Council), told the subcommittee that timber harvest on national forests has fallen from historic highs to roughly a quarter of national forest growth and that lack of markets for low‑value, small‑diameter material constrains fuels‑reduction work.
"No markets. No management," Dane said, arguing that without outlets for hazardous fuels and…
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