Dear Forest Supervisor Peterson: (and another addressed to Supervisor Cables)

The Forest Service has relied on clearcutting as its primary logging practice for far too long.  Clearcutting is unacceptable to me because it:

• Results in forest fragmentation, which impairs the free movement of interior forest wildlife;
• Creates large openings that are useless as habitat for forest wildlife, and results in stands resembling tree farms that make poor wildlife habitat;
• Maximizes erosion and pollution of stream systems, clogging spawning gravels needed by trout and other fishes;
• Creates hard edges that lack the cover needed by wildlife and contributes to wind throw, insect and disease outbreaks in neighboring stands.

Forests like the Medicine Bow have been badly damaged by clearcutting over the past 50 years, and the restoration of these damaged forests is long overdue.  Please END CLEARCUTTING IMMEDIATELY and replace it with environmentally responsible practices like selective cutting.

Sincerely,