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Mike Kennedy: “We're not just passively allowing these federal lands to…”

Featuring: Mike Kennedy, Republican | U.S. House Utah, 3rd Congressional District

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Rep. Kennedy reveals what's really causing Utah's wildfire problem

Published | Video Starts at 02:04

So we're not shipping timber in from Canada, which is what we're doing to build our houses here. He says these strategies will take time. We're not just passively allowing these federal lands to sit. There are ways that we can actually take this problem that we have and subsequently over the next decade or two, make it so it's better. Opponents of the bill say it cuts out ecosystem reviews, threatens endangered species, and shrinks judicial oversight. Fix Our Forest and the Utah Research Institute have already passed the House. (02:04–02:17)

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Asserts that there are active measures that can improve federal land management over the next decade or two.

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