We have been deluged by responses to Barry Wynsma's thoughtful essay on Forest Service leadership - or the lack thereof. Provided here is some feedback on the essay.
W.V. "Mac" McConnell writes from Florida. He is a U.S. Forest Service retiree whose Power Point presentations have appeared on our website many times. His latest efforts are nearby: an updated version of his earlier "Timber Resource Management" Power Point and a fascinating photograph, "One Landscape: Four Views," that shows what is happening on adjacent public and private forests at Deep Creek, near Townsend, Montana.
Editor's comment concerning Mike Petersen's (Executive Director - Lands Council) Response To Dr. Tom Bonnicksen's Essay, "Death Of A Forest: Why We Should Care"
Long time Evergreen contributor, Clarence Kay, a PhD wildlife ecologist at Utah State Unversity, ha written a fine essay explaining the west's forest health crisis. Click here to read his report. And, for more information on the underlying causes of the West's wildfire crisis, click on Evergreen Magazine issues of Winter 2000, Summer 2002, May 2003, Mid-Spring 2006 and Winter 2006-2007
human need to use natural resources is fundamental to our continued presence on earth."