[CGTRWK]

What empty forest?

... the fed gov land that is just sitting there unused because logging isn't permitted currently. That is what this article is about, no?

[SierraWasp]

Sometimes I wish I had the power to instruct rural/forested county governments to stop spending millions on rescuing so many of you ignorant city slickers who get in trouble "recreating" in our forests until you guys wise up and quit yelling "welfare" when the feds abscound with private property and the normal taxes that go with it and then provide only insulting token payments to offset such a huge loss!!!

Instead of blasting away with insufficient information (aka ignorance) as you have just done, come down out of you "city on a hill" and make an appointment to visit with a rural/forested county (with lots of federalized land in it) commissioner/supervisor and let him/her push back the frontiers of ignorance in you own mind on this subject!!!

Also, go back and re-read reply #29 so you can begin your re-education process with a little extra push. Thanks.