[turnrightnow]

It seems that the radicals will tolerate only bugs or fire. They'd rather see millions of acres of forest (and private homes) go up in smoke and REALLY destroy animal habitat than to see even one log taken by a bastard capitalist timber company.

Of course when the fires begin near the lefty enclave of Vail, they will all be screaming about George Bush's interior department not doing more to stop beetle infestation, and not carrying out proper thinning.

[CedarDave]

It seems that the radicals will tolerate only bugs or fire. They'd rather see millions of acres of forest (and private homes) go up in smoke and REALLY destroy animal habitat than to see even one log taken by a bastard capitalist timber company.

So true. And even after a fire, they oppose salvage lumbering to reduce downfall and the certainity of another fire to consume the remains.