[surfer]

I must have missed where he said he had cleared his area?

[tubebender]

I think LE uses "cleared the area" when they have searched a area?

[nyconse]

'Searchers from Jackson County were looking that day in the same area. Sheriff's Lt. Pat Rowland said his crews asked about the back logging road, but were told -- incorrectly -- that the owner of the Black Bar Lodge had "cleared" it himself.'

The above quote is in the article. Also, I heard it on the news. I don't remember which one.