All good points, and I am not a proponent of shutting off access or government overreach of any kind, but this situation in Colorado and more importantly the Middle and North Park areas of the state were the epicenter of the beetle kill. I have only been there once since '04 when I had to move to help family, and it was getting bad then. When I pull up my old hunting grounds I can barely navigate as my memory of a full forest of trees is compromised. It is just plain ugly, and to keep the unit 18 area open to hunting and recreation right now is foolhardy imo and limited, exhausted resources and public servants have their hands full right now. I see on inci web that grouse mountain burned overnight. During my time frame that mountain held the repeater for at least half of the communications in Grand County, the other repeater was on Table mountain which is in the path also, though probably safe, for now. Anyhoo, just my observation from afar.
