My forest is due to be thinned again and I'm NOT looking forward to all the hoops they'll make me jump through. I got the
look from our 'local authorities' when I asked about permits, etc. to thin our woods a few years ago.
After "The Look", they asked me if it was my property, then told me that what I did on it was my business!
I was born & raised in CA, then had lived in OR for the previous 20 years, so swallowing ire, and asking permission for anything & everything was second nature.
We may not have Costco or Home Depot within 350 miles; Trader Joe's within a day's fast driving distance, but at least we're civilized here.
What gets me is the title of the article. I told my friend the title
"County to launch new front in logging crackdown" but I purposefully left out the word "logging." I asked her what kind of heinous activity she guessed they might be "cracking down" on. She guessed the obvious....graffiti, panhandling, gangs, drugs, drunk drivers, etc. You know, all the social ills of a community.
She about fainted when I filled in the word "logging."
No media bias here, heheh.