USFS Travel Management Bill

Green has it right -- it's all about balance. It's one thing to have some wilderness -- it is quite another when there is so much wilderness designation that no one can access any of the land without backpacking for weeks, as Earth First seems to advocate. It is one thing to allow prudent use of the national forests, such as careful timber harvesting. It is quite another when unsupervised irreparable harm is done to public land over large areas. I think all of us can agree on that. The trick is in striking the right balance, which inevitably involves compromise.