Way to go, Cigar. You joined an outfit run by a guy who helped put Obama in the White House. Not the best thing for, as you put it, "freedom loving gun nuts." Now, I understand there's not much wilderness in Maryland, except maybe in the Annapolis legislature or Baltimore, so it might sound cool to have "more wilderness." But in practice, wilderness is an economic loser for the most part, and not necessarily the best option environmentally. You've heard of all the fires in the West? Well, last year, Montana burnt more ground (over a million acres, 3/4 forested) than was smoked in the 1910 fires that pretty much galvanized policy for the next 60 years. A lot of these fires burnt out of wilderness, but more important, many fires burnt in areas that USED to have decent road access. The road access is needed to jump on the fire before it gets too big and hot. After that, all you can do is back way off and hope you have time to put in a fireline that won't be overrun. The net result is, there was a lot of that "habitat" and habitat attributes that went totally up in smoke and won't work for game production for quite some time. That's not a problem if there's similar habitat nearby, but when you burn from horizon to horizon, odds are the good stuff is gone.
Up hills slow, Down hills fast Tonnage first and Safety last.
