What did they do, drive on them?
"If opening the forest to road construction brings back the mass wasting of pristine forest, then I say keep them closed."
Forests need thinning. Pristine = ready to burn to the ground. - My land is ajacent to the national forest; I want 2/3 of the trees removed to preserve the rest. Thank God you have nothing to say about it. Klinton's forest rules cost us more lumber in fires than we had used for construction or paper products since the country was first occupied.
Amen. And if humans can't enjoy the bounty of the earth that belongs to them, then what's the point?
You gotta go where you wanna go and do what you wanna do.
I totally agree with you!
We live adjacent to a National Forest, too, and if they spent as much time controlling all the beetle kill and thinning the forests to make them healtheir as they do blocking little-traveled trails to 4-wheelers......we'd ALL be alot better off!
Pingaroonie. Get that road re-opened, gal!
BTTT!!!!!!
More logging ~ NOW!
The "pristine" forest envirowackos are just stupid anti human obstructionists. Mom nature will not be ruled, the forests will be used and replenished, it is only a question of what they will be used for, the generation of building material or the generation of ashes.
When enviros win, they lose, when they lose, humans win, the only constant winner is mother nature.
Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to take my '02 Wrangler into the back country. By all means, log these areas, and reduce the fire danger. I am all for opening the woods to recreational use, as long as it is responsible use. I don't want to see tundra turned into bog, for instance, or jeep roads turned into playgrounds for the 'let's see how muddy I can get my jeep' crowd. Hopefully the people using the back roads will stay on the roads. If not, I can still walk in.