I have written various op eds before, normally under pseudonyms: Did not want to suffer the consequences of a very contrarian opinion.

So as the writer of this op ed I thought I would comment on some of the comments:

At the outset you have ad hominem attacks that would not pass muster in a grade school class. No paragraph by paragraph refutation of the arguments, but personal attacks. As part of my bio I could have included that I used to in high school / college protest timber sales. I also run extensively and backpack off trail in all of our forests and wilderness areas. But ad hominem attacks ought to be self revealing enough without my comments.

As for facts: 

- All what I wrote is fact. Go find a hole in it
- "Old growth does not burn...." well here is the data. The kamiopsis wilderness burn, all old growth. The B&B fire, mostly all old growth. This years white water fire, all wilderness and 60% old growth.  The rest of that fire has never been logged.