Smokey is rolling in his grave
Dear HCN,
There are no benefits to prescribed burns that cannot be duplicated
by judicious logging practices, replanting and application of a
little fertilizer.
The air and water pollution,
destruction of resources, property and loss of wildlife (and human
life!) are not worth the “perceived” benefits of
wildfires.
Still, the Forest Service is basing
its decisions on pseudoscience and politics. A “forest fire” has
now become politically correct “resource enhancement”? Old Smokey
the Bear is rolling in his
grave.
Barbara HodgesClark, Colorado
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