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Dave Mertz: The forest simply cannot sustain current logging levels

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The attached audio is from SDPB's daily public-affairs show, In the Moment.

Forester Dave Mertz says the Black Hills National Forest simply cannot sustain current logging levels.

We talk with Mertz about the detailed science of the General Technical Report along with what Mertz says the forest is already revealing about over-harvesting.