marty halvorson martyhalvorsonus ned jackson lovely wrote wed jul 31 2002 103731am 0600 marty halvorson wrote forest service official stated flat tree lovers need understand responsibility contributing number uncontrollable ie crown fires caused dense tree stands growth fires suits stop tree removal forests managed forest service boy rather strange ive always impression uncontrollable forest fires result forest services longstanding 1000 policy youll look closely said forest service official claimed tree lovers lawsuits prevented removal trees means least partially responsible lawsuits prevented forest service implementation project involved tree removal projects designed address tree undergrowth density resulted previous management policies words forest service projects clean mess resulting previous forest management practices prevented tree lover lawsuits 40 years end containment policy still lot stuff left burn exactly tree lover lawsuits preventing removal stuff result fires like cerro grande cant imagine artificially planted replacement forests replacement forests planted days mostly planted private land commercial tree farms peace marty halvorson martyhalvorsonus httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork wed 31 jul 2002 132219 0600 whats cool nothing