Sometime we win...National Forests and Wildlife Refuge

Terryallan wrote:
So in effect. There will be a higher risk of forest fires, due to a lack of Land Management.

Don't know about what they do in that part of Alaska, but here in CO, the forest service sends out crews to remove beetle-killed trees. They also do lots of controlled burns, where the primary thing that burns is the grasses and brush which are usually the first thing to really get going in a forest fire.

Clear cutting is not only unsightly, it has adverse effects on wildlife including game animals like deer and elk and also results in degradation of fisheries.