Gotcha Jim.
I made a pass through Winter and North Parks after being gone for about ten years. When I left, we'd just gotten a massive blowdown in Diamond Park and the spruce beetles were going crazy. At the same time, the LP was getting really ripe all across Northern CO.
I mean, I knew it was going to get really bad unless something was done. But I never imagined what actually happened, horizon to horizon, across divides.
And we have the same thing, worst in SW MT on the B-D. Looked at some sales down there and it was just devastating to comprehend the blown chance, just thrown away. By whom? Litigous morons who don't understand what conservation really means -- or do, but don't care.

I'm still waiting for you kids to answer my question.


Up hills slow,
Down hills fast
Tonnage first and
Safety last.