>>1992381I'm not sure what your argument is anon, but Gila is known as "the land of many uses", one of those uses is lumber. There are, however, times and places for everything, Gila has designated areas for lumbering, designated areas for recreation, and designated areas for other exploitation (mining etc).
I don't think any reasonable /out/ person is a teetotaler when it comes to exploiting our natural resources, but a balance between conservation and exploitation must be struck otherwise we risk falling victim to bad actors who are after nothing but profiteering, damn the consequences.
I personally do not want Gila to be a "postcard" because without prescribed burns, logging, and other economic activity surrounding the forest, the forest probably wouldn't exist. These ancillary economic operations support the recreation that the forest provides to all people, it's a good tradeoff, I don't think anyone here disagrees.
