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I grew up in the PNW. I vividly remember being a school kid from a medium sized city visiting a small logging community in the foothills of the Cascade mountains for a flag football game. This little town was extremely poor. Most of the homes looked like shacks and single wide trailer houses. However, the school was almost new. The kids had brand new uniforms. I would later learn that school provided breakfast, lunch, and a brown bag dinner was the norm in these logging communities. This was long before todays "free lunch" program. Why was the school the only modern, new, and fully functional community support system? Because timber revenues were mandated to the school systems within that county. I am a supporter of sustainable timber harvest for ALL forests. The trees, endangered species, forest critters, and wild hairy people will all be just fine. I also think this new rule shoots a hole in the old theory that forestry practices were shut down by the Feds to secretly protect what some folks call Bigfoot.

We will one day admit that the native Americans were correct in their assessment of Sasquatch as a great spirit of the forest, as we have already conceded that the tribal medicine man really did know which plants could cure an ailment. There is a reason that they remain elusive.

I like it. the volume of food matches what I found and I think that a group of bigfoot (adult male, adult female, one juvenile and maybe one infant) would similarly strip mine and area. That's why I think they then shift their habitat be 50-100 miles and start working a new region for a while. The only think I can think of that doesn't match is that you would expect farmers/ranchers/orchard operators to notice that much loss to animals.

I’m surprised in this day that so many today don’t understand or agree with management of our natural resources.

Those weren't dermal ridges that you saw. It's hard enough for dermal ridges to be imprinted on dirt and mud, so not all of the casts that are claimed to have them are actual dermal ridges. Plaster casts produces a lot of artifacts during the curing process. Therefore, careful examination of the casts is required for confirmation. But, when it comes to snow footprints, the chance of it having dermal ridges are 0% because it violates the laws of physics. Snow isn't fine enough to be able to pick up the ridges. But what makes it impossible is that the thin layer of the surface of the snow melts immediately on contact with the bottom of the foot. Those weren't dermal ridges that you saw. It's hard enough for dermal ridges to be imprinted on dirt and mud, so not all of the casts that are claimed to have them are actual dermal ridges. Plaster casts produces a lot of artifacts during the curing process. Therefore, careful examination of the casts is required for confirmation. But, when it comes to snow footprints, the chance of it having dermal ridges are 0% because it violates the laws of physics. Snow isn't fine enough to be able to pick up the ridges. But what makes it impossible is that the thin layer of the surface of the snow melts immediately on contact with the bottom of the foot.

Bye!

No, that’s just…..criminy sakes…….never mind. Have you met Sasfooty?

I do not mean to insult. This is ignorant as hell. Ignorance can be cured via education. I'm a lifelong resident of the area known as the Great Plains. It's true that during historic times virgin forests did exist along the banks of Plains rivers, but were confined to those riverbank areas. The states you've referenced have prairies, and have for millions of years. As this continent was settled, the virgin forests were cut down to supply timber to construct homes and businesses. A shame, but a sacrifice that I doubt could have been avoided. It would be amazing to have seen the original virgin, deeply forrested lands.