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Would more logging mean fewer big wildfires?
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Would more logging mean fewer big wildfires?

Of course it would!

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No-that won't help!

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Of course it would!

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Greta Dean
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Greta Dean

It only makes sense to selectively log and remove ground debris. Just like cleaning house

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Gramma Jean
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Gramma Jean

I am old enough to remember our beautiful forests when logging was in full swing. Just like a garden, the forests need to be tended. Wasn't that one of the first jobs given man in the Garden of Eden?

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Donna Reed
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Donna Reed

Do selective logging and clean up after it.

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Sandra Kennel
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Sandra Kennel

There are too many dead and dying trees in the forests. The forests are overgrown because there has been mismanagement for decades.

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Mayme Trumble
Mayme Trumble

Who will pay to cut down dead trees?

Karen Rickard Smith
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Karen Rickard Smith

it would be much better land management then what is happening at the present time: fewer fuel for fires.

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No-that won't help!

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Kenneth Swipies
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Kenneth Swipies

Cutting down more trees will not end the drought, nor place more moisture in the air. It could make the forests drier thus creating more fires. Clearing out deadwood, creating more firebreaks, works

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Mayme Trumble
Mayme Trumble

Thank you. You at least understand what pushes fires to be so deadly.

Janet Rawlings
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Janet Rawlings

I don't think logging is the answer, that means only marketable timber. The thick small trees and underbrush are what causes the hotter fires. Thinning would be the answer.

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Mayme Trumble
Mayme Trumble

Thank you!

Do you think OSAA should reevaluate their neutral site policies?

Do you think OSAA should reevaluate their neutral site policies?

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Have these high winds impacted you or your family?

Have these high winds impacted you or your family?

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Jeff Sanders
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Jeff Sanders

Why be scared of wind?

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