Dear HCN,


Even crocodiles cry, and Steve Mealey’s tears, lamenting the post-Foothills Fire dearth of biodiversity on the Boise National Forest, fall like acid rain.


This is the same myopic, good-old-boy “Barber of the Boise” who rammed through the huge Foothills timber-salvage fire sale on previously heavily logged national forest land.

Fred Neuman


Monument, Oregon


This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Forest supervisor cries crocodile tears.

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