KANE COUNTY, Utah — As wildfires have raged in Utah’s forested areas , some political leaders are pushing for what they say is a way to cut them down... by preemptively cutting down some trees.

"Clear-cutting gets a bad name. Like you think of a bald mountain with just nothing there, but you know, careful and strategic clear-cutting in conjunction with leaving some kind of standing trees can actually exponentially increase wildlife," explained Kane County Commissioner Celeste Meyeres.

Smoke from the Dragon Bravo and White Sage fires across the border in Arizona that closed the Grand Canyon North Rim for the summer blew into areas that Meyeres' represents.

The commissioner has joined with representatives from Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane and Washington counties on a joint resolution

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