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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqsa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRON- MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 9:34 a.m. in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Jack Reed (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Reed, Feinstein, Johnson, Tester, and Mur- kowski. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE STATEMENT OF TOM TIDWELL, CHIEF ACCOMPANIED BY SUSAN SPEAR, ACTING DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC PLANNING BUDGET AND ACCOUNTABILITY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR JACK REED Senator REED. Good morning. I would like to welcome everyone to this hearing on the fiscal year 2013 budget request of the United States Forest Service (USFS). And on behalf of the subcommittee, I would like to welcome Tom Tidwell, Chief of the USFS. Chief, thank you. And he is joined by Susan Spear. Thank you, Susan. We appreciate you appearing before us to discuss the issues per- taining to the USFS. As you may know, Rhode Island is not home to any national for- est, yet. But the reality is that 55 percent of my State is actually forested land. It is in State or private ownership. That's a huge amount given we are the smallest State in the country, and also have the second-highest population density. So, forests are important to every State, including Rhode Island. We recognize the USFS's main role is to maintain our national for- ests, but they also support outdoor recreation, habitat, access to open space in every State in the country, including Rhode Island. Again, we thank you for your service, and believe it is important everywhere. And the hearing today is to ask you questions about your budget, and to see what we can do to provide you the re- sources necessary.

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