This article is full of misinformation, untested assumptions, and pejorative language–it is so typical of the way the timber industry and FS have “framed” the issue of fire to justify more logging…

Source: www.thewildlifenews.com

GR:  The U. S. Forest Service manages forests to benefit corporations not the land.  They use misdirection to justify their unhealthy practices.  Some of their BS is made clear in this article by George Wuerthner.