[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3095]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TAYLOR-DICKS EMERGENCY TIMBER SALVAGE AMENDMENT

  (Mr. HERGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, much of our national forests in the West are 
sick and dying. Drought, disease, insects, and fire are killing our 
forest in epidemic proportions. Some forests are already 60 and 70 
percent dead. We must restore the health of our forests before it is 
too late. The best way to do this is to remove the source of sickness 
as soon as possible. Insects and disease cannot kill living trees if we 
remove the infested trees from the forest. Dead brittle trees cannot 
become the kindling for wildfire if we extract them from overstocked 
timber stands. Mr. Speaker, if we really want to preserve our forests, 
then we must act now. The Taylor-Dicks emergency timber salvage 
amendment to the supplemental appropriations bill before the House this 
week will curb the death cycle in our forest. Mr. Speaker, I urge my 
colleagues to support this crucially important amendment.

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