John Carter

The June 26 Jackson Hole News and Guide article, "Experts warn of wildfire pitfalls" bemoaned the decline in volunteer firefighters and promotes fear of wildfire by saying, “It should scare everybody in the state of Wyoming.”

The Forest Service and Federal government have been promoting this fear for decades and passing laws so what I call wildfire hysteria can be used to garner public support for logging and deforestation even in our most remote wild places and wildlife habitats where no structures are at risk.

I find it ironic that counties, who approve houses, subdivisions and other structures in forested or at-risk areas, are now worried about being able to fight fires. There is apparently no deep thinking or analysis on this issue, just rote approval as we have seen her

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