To the Star-News Editor:

Last week Brenda Howard expressed discontent with the Payette Forest’s plan for salvaging timber on 250 acres burned in the Mesa Fire near Council (“Remove burned timber before it becomes fuel for another fire,” Letters to the Editor, The Star-News, Nov. 29, 2018).

She wants the forest to harvest more than 250 acres. To Ms. Howard and others who question the limited acres, I say the forest would attempt to harvest more if post-fire conditions warranted it, and if the planning required by law to harvest a larger area could be completed before the burnt timber loses its economic value to the timber industry.

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