Yick.
I get slammed by the local enviros since I advocate Stewardship of teh land.
I.e. removing dead trees and such to prevent hyperdestructive wildfires and controlling pest species such as mosquitos that are completely useless for the food chain.
(Nothing relies on them completely for it's dietary needs. If all mosquitos went extinct here, there would be no ecological collapse.)
You should see and hear the things I get called when I mention either of the above.
;-)
Are you serious? When do you speak to them about those issues? You are very brave. I think the dead trees should be removed, thinning done, etc. but out here, (apparently from what I've read) only about 2 - 3% of the lawsuits are from enviros, and it's typically the townspeople who don't want to do the thinning. I mean, we've had some serious fires the last few summers, and it all could have been easily prevented...