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Environmentalists Pounce On House Forest Bill

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The U.S. House passed HR 2936 in early November, the Resilient Federal Forests Act. 

It is designed to get more people working in the woods and more trees out, all in the name of healthier forests and communities. 

Environmental groups are not buying.  The Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center calls it "The Clearcut Logging Bill." 

The Senate has yet to take up the measure, co-sponsored by Oregon 2nd District Representative Greg Walden. 

George Sexton, Conservation Director at KS Wild, is our guest.  He gives the opposite side from an interview a day earlier.   

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
April Ehrlich is JPR content partner at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a regional reporter at Jefferson Public Radio where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award.