Officials in Oregon say they need to cut trees, including some healthy ones. The reaction shows how complex land management has become as forest health declines.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10271410

The USFS and BLM have a real history of managing land to maximize profits, rather than for conservation. This created a lasting mistrust, where even when they’re likely doing the right thing, they get significant opposition.

Actually changing that is going to require showing people examples of how risk reduction measures like this improved peoples lives, and demonstrating transparent good-faith decisionmaking repeatedly.