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. They're smoking up a lot of really good wine grapes each year, both over on the north coast as well as in the Sierra Nevadas. (07:17–07:22)
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