WY Medicine Bow / Sierra Madre FS laVA project

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Learning what is available to be learned about this... Google is the new Britannica, if one steers clear of the extremes...

Question about this, as it seems well intended. Is this extreme environmental groups clogging FS from doing their job or... This simply back to the drawing board to re-calibrate the extent of "temp roads", etc... This seemed to be the Crux.

The aim of LaVA is to authorize flexible management of vegetation on the forest in a timely manner. Specifically, the project would allow for the removal and use of beetle-killed timber in order to maximize its value and reduce fire risk.

The decision would allow for treatments such as prescribed burns, tree thinning, hazard tree removal and tree harvest on up to 360,000 acres in the Medicine Bow and Sierra Madre ranges during the next 15 years. The project is intended to benefit wildlife habitat, water supplies, road maintenance, views, recreation and public safety, according to the Forest Service.

Forest Service withdraws LaVA draft decision following review

Medicine Bow National Forest Supervisor Russ Bacon withdrew the draft record of decision for the Medicine Bow Landscape Vegetation Analysis project, also known as LaVA, earlier this week following an

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Shaleas Harrison, who was quoted at the end of the Boomerang article, grew up on a farm in Wyoming, and I can attest to the fact that shes not a radical environmentalist. As the article states, she works for the Wyoming Wilderness Association. There are a number of board members and staffers past and present for WWA who are hunters.