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Utah's forests are under siege

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gabe | 9:37 a.m. Jan. 27, 2008
Just log it!
Bill Young | 10:32 a.m. Dec. 17, 2008
300 to 400 years for natures cycle to replenish our forest sounds like an approach we would use if we were living and the 17th century. I believe with modern technology and common sense effort, we could have healthy forest in this lifetime. The day of let it burn, let the beetles have their way, let the standing dead stand, and no one allowed in the forest except healthy hikers should come to a end. My plea goes out not to the enviormentalist, not to the logging industry, but to the average joe, the concerned american who feels his small voice will never be heard! We need to voice our opinons and ideas to our local forest, blm, and elected officials. We need studies in Utah done on subjects like the effects of grazing, ( does it help keep wild grasses trimed down ) tree thinning, standing dead removal, beetle extermination. All these things we can do in our lifetime. We can make a conscious effort to protect our forest. The pendulum has swung to far to the enviormentalist way. If we do not act now, we will see the destruction of our forest and blm land in this lifetime

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Dead trees dot Skyline Drive in the Manti-LaSal National Forest.

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