WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Forest Service's (USFS) proposal (https://usfs-public.app.box.com/s/1l9nadeipztqzjk5wcnnyakia1m2i6o4/file/2302152222941) to authorize an unprecedented emergency salvage logging project spanning more than five million acres across six national forests in Idaho and Montana.
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