John Duarte: “Forest policy is detrimental to a lot of rural communities.”

“Well, I'm on three subcommittees there. I'm on the forestry subcommittee, and I farm wine grapes up in the Sierra Nevada mountains, in the El Dorado National Forest. So we clearly see that Forest policy is detrimental to a lot of rural communities. The forests are overgrown, they're catching fire, and they're burning catastrophically. They're causing all kinds of health concerns and safety concerns in mountain environments.” (07:14–07:18)

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