Reply #31: I work for the forest service..... [View All]

[mchill]

Using catastrophic fire as an excuse to cut sawlogs is about equivalent to crying "imminent threat" and and needing to go to war in Iraq.

Yes, there are fuel issues, but when forest plans couldn't support the annual harvests equivalent to the hay days of the 60's, this administration saw an opening with the big fires and said the forest needed more management for "communities at risk." This is code for cuttng more trees. Plain and simple.

The new planning rules should effectively wipe out any ideas of having an opposing voice to local managers who will now have to cut more trees to keep their jobs and the jobs of people who work for them.