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"
Editor's Note:
Jay Jensen is the Obama Administration's new Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture. His primary responsibility is oversight the activities of the U.S. Forest Service. On June 3, he testified before the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommmittee on Departmente Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Mr. Jensen's visionary testimony, which appears nearby, stands in stark contrast to the hopelessness reflected in lthe House Energy and Commerce Committee's decision not to include federal biomass in the nation's new renewable energy standard. Opposition to including federal biomass in the standard is coming from the Natural Resources Defense Council and International Paper. See Editor's Columns for more information on this sad affair.
Until hired by the Obama Administration, Mr. Jensen served as executive director of the Council of Western State Foresters/Western Forestry Leadership Coalition.
Jensen Testimony 
human need to use natural resources is fundamental to our continued presence on earth."