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No Roads to Nowhere with Rep Harriet Hageman 9/10
Harriet recently visited Grand Teton National Park for an onsite committee meeting. Not surprisingly, the federal government has problems federal permitting for projects on land that it owns. We also discussed the Clinton era "roadless rule." It's not a law but a rule that was adopted by the the U.S. Forest Service. According to Harriet that is the reason for many forest fires and beetle kills in the west. It's a great discussion.
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