Helloooo -        The area was ACTUALLY LOGGED and the Forest Service admitted it had screwed up (see http://orww.org/Wildfires/Biscuit/Babyfoot_Lake/index.htm    for a number of news links).

This is FEDERAL land - means it belongs to you, my relatives in Florida, New Mexico, and everyone you mentioned in your comment.    Place of residence or birth is NOT a  criterion for whether or not someone has a legitimate interest in FEDERAL land management issues.

The land is in Oregon but it is NOT Oregon's land as you seem to think.  I moved to PNW in '76 and have been active member of my community ever since then. Perhaps you're a native - that's cool but be careful about drinking the timber industry's Kool Aid.       I met a logger on Mt. Hood on Sunday who told me how he hated to see an investment company liquidating its timber in an irresponsible way; said he's been logging there for 17 years and doesn't agree with current direction.