USFS bid to salvage log windfall in Idaho and Montana

[44hunter45]

Wondering if the opponents have actually been in the woods and seen the tangles from the recent wind damage. ?
Good for forest management and good for the elk. I have no problem with this one.

https://www.dnews.com/local-news/forest-service-unveils-massive-salvage-logging-project-e6f68eac

 

[TheTone]

The amount of blowdown in some areas is insane. I wonder though how they are going to designate areas for salvage and do things anywhere close to timely if speed is part of the real concern.

I can look at one of our local fire salvage log operations as a good example of being no where close to timely. By the end of that project I was told by the forester the logs were worthless but required to be cut anyways as per the contract. That area is in many ways worse off than it was before with the amount of slash that was left behind. I’m confident some of the hillsides will not have a person walk across them in my lifetime due to the amount of stuff left

 

[BAKPAKR]

A couple North Idaho trails I hiked recently had several sections blocked by windfalls. I walked up on a goat that was licking salt left from sweaty people crossing a windfall.