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Norseman accurately touched on this important issue which is national forest thinning that will be managed partially by the Forest Service. "Forest thinning is one of the most important tools land managers have to reduce the frequency and intensity of wildfires. Through thinning, land managers can remove surface fuels such as brush and dead, dying, or weak trees that would feed a growing forest fire," google. Thinning is an expensive process when cutting brush and small understory trees for 193 million acers of timber land is a daunting task. We are talking about hiring vast hand labor crews to cut dry brush and small trees so the forest floor is void of brush and wood that is fuel for the next mega forest fire. Before moving on, we need to clarify some confusing statements from google. Statement 1: "US Forest Service does not manage 112 million acres by themselves. Statement 2: "They (Forest Service) manages a total of 193 million acres of land mostly with three other federal agencies. 112 million acres is the acreage within the National Wilderness Preservation System, which the Forest Service administers a portion of. Additionally, a recent emergency situation determination by the Secretary of Agriculture affected 112.6 million acres of National Forest System land, not necessarily the entire acreage under Forest Service management," google "The National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) is a network of federally designated wilderness areas managed to preserve their natural condition and provide opportunities for recreation and scientific study. Established by the Wilderness Act of 1964, the NWPS includes over 800 wilderness areas across 44 states and Puerto Rico, encompassing more than 112 million acres. These areas are managed by four federal agencies: the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management," google. The Forest Service manages a total of 81 million by themselves. They partially manage 112 million acres with three other federal agencies. This equals 193 million acres of land that the Forest Service has a hand in. The 112 million acres is the acreage within the National Wilderness Preservation System, which the Forest Service administers a portion of and it's not the total acreage they manage. Additionally, a recent emergency situation determination by the Secretary of Agriculture affected 112.6 million acres of federal lands. Trump is going to have an uphill legal battle with the Forest Service, National Park, the Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park Service since they are probably firmly grounded with federal lands that they manage. I'm sure federal wildlife biologist know and have documented bigfoots and they keep the knowledge buried. Bigfoot is sly and smart and will survive forest management programs unless all 193 million acres is clear cut.

Crossing the land bridge had challenges in finding fuel for fire / cooking. It is not uncommon for peoples of high latitudes to eat raw meat. Early Arctic explorers learned to burn bones from the 'locals'. Native Americans torched the prairies to provide a short term nutrient blast to the soil that helped new green shoots grow. Many 'modern' people have lost track of natural ways that have evolved over millions of years. Re-read about the wisdom of the pines. Check out Serotiny with respect to 'fire-mediated serotiny' and Pyriscence and the importance of fire. The next time that you are wandering in a pine forest and see a cone on the ground that is closed up and has not released seed, leave it alone. If you pick it up, you will be slimed by really good pitch.

In my opinion, if they want to manage the forest, they need to release more beaver out into the wild and let them manage the forest like they did before people nearly wiped them out.

I am not agreeing with or disagreeing with RedHawk, however, I do know for a fact that here in coastal Oregon, the natives routinely burned portions of the forest to clear the land so that it would attract game to the new, fresh growth similar to the way a clearcut does.

Human civilization was built on metal, wood, food, stone, etc... Capitalism isnt perfect, but there is nothing even remotely comparable. And Modern logging is a sustainable future. I dont want every stick taken out of the woods either.

1. so you are concerned about an unknown future, which falls outside of any plans anyone actually has? so, the boogie man? 2. the reason that there aren't forests in the midwest (there are plenty of forests in the midwest) is 100% most certainly not because of humans burning them to the ground for hunting. this is insane and makes me question your reading comprehension abilities.

typical word play in the original post. not blaming the OP, but I am blaming his sources for fear mongering. opening 112M acres for logging doesn't mean that 112M acres will be logged. Today, we log anywhere from 2M to 10M acres a year in the US. The directive from President Trump is to increase logging by 25% domestically. That means 500K to 2.5M acres will be logged out of the 112M acres. We are talking about .45% to 2.23% of the 112M acres being logged. We have 823M acres of forest in the US. When you look at the amount of total forest impact, we are talking about to .06% to .30% of the forest being logged annually under this new rule. Is this really a sky is falling moment? NOT EVEN CLOSE. It is more whipped up hysteria from the true enemy of the people, the media.

It is both. Our forests are being mismanaged. Fires are getting bad. And the tariff wars will have a negative effect on Canadian imports including lumber. Which is the point of tariffs is to bring production and jobs back to America. Here is a random snapshot of the border between the U.S. and Canada in the Yaak River drainage. Do you notice anything? Which side is logging more? Most timber production in the U.S. no longer comes from the U.S. Forest Service. It comes from state lands and private lands. I.e. Weyerhaeuser or Boise Cascade. And the last part that really gets under my hide is that the U.S. Forest Service is a part of the Dept of AGRICULTURE. Why agriculture? Because up until the spotted owl debacle? Forests were seen as a green renewable resource. You’re growing a crop. You harvest the crop, and you replant the crop. Now they treat them like parks. They don’t touch them, the fuel load grows and grows per acre until a hot summer and a lightning strike sets off a massive forest fire. As a fire fighter of 17 years? Loggers respect flag lines and timber sale boundaries. Forest fires? Do not. Complete towns have burned down. This is mismanagement on an epic scale. And if I started a fire on my property and it spread to Forest Service property? They would sue me into oblivion…. but when it’s the other way around? Crickets. What does this all mean for Bigfoot? Remember that US Parks and wilderness areas will not be touched. But clear cuts are beneficial to certain species like Elk and Deer. If Bigfoot likes to eat hoofed critters? He will like clear cuts. Also all logging respects RZs or Riparian zones, so they cannot log right down to the crick or river. This keeps fish and other critters habitat intact. Also Bigfoot already has to navigate forest fire burnt areas already. A clear cut in his eyes would be just the same without the threat of being burned alive. Some noisy loggers move in for a couple of months and then they are gone.🤷‍♂️

The federal forests around me need thinning badly. Fires get worse every year. I welcome this news.