[Carry_Okie]

There is enough excess fuel in the 190 million acres of National Forest currently at risk of catastrophic fire to provide for the domestic electrical needs of 140 million Americans.

[Myrddin]

There is enough excess fuel in the 190 million acres of National Forest currently at risk of catastrophic fire to provide for the domestic electrical needs of 140 million Americans.

I agree completely. I made 4 trips to Yellowstone in August and September this year. My digital camera was busy collecting great pics of the geological activity. I took few pictures of the mountains. They are just plain ugly. The massive amounts of dead wood in Yellowstone needs to be culled before another big fire wipes it out again. The bark beetles are killing off large numbers of trees. The killed trees become standing pieces of bone dry tinder.