Editor's Column

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.

Patrick Heffernan of the Montana Wood Products Association asks some timely - if not very uncomfortable questions - concerning the EPA's rush to implement new greenhouse gas standards that would again work a hardship on those who grow and harvest the nation's wood fiber.

Remember our old friend, Craig Thomas? [See "This is Embarrassing I, II and III] Now he's working on a pipeline job in Nevada - and he's sent us some pictures that prove you can use logging equipment in mountains where there isn't a tree in sight.

We've frequently used the phrase "infrastructure collapse" to describe the slow erosion of wood product ...

My friend Craig Thomas sent me another e-mail note the other night. It nearly broke my heart. He is lonely. He misses his wife and kids and being home for the summer in ...