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Cliff Bentz: “We have 30 million acres of trees just in Oregon. I think…”

Featuring: Cliff Bentz, Republican | U.S. House Oregon, 2nd Congressional District

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Rep. Bentz Discusses Biomass with Secretary Wright during Subcommittee on Energy Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 02:14

With fires, and we've had the inability to. To remove fuel from the woods because. For many, many reasons. But part of the problem is the sheer scale of the problem. We have 30 million acres of trees just in Oregon. I think there's 35 million acres of trees in California and 32 in Washington state. No one understands how much wood is there. It's an enormous challenge. It's also a challenge because of environmental issues and other things. (02:14–02:22)

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