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Mike Kennedy: “We're not shipping timber in from Canada, which is what…”

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 01:58

… come in and not only remove the deadfall that's present and reduce the fire hazard associated with that, but they could use it and make money off of it. 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. (01:58–02:03)

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Asserts that timber is currently being imported from Canada for construction in Utah.

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