I warned 25 years ago that if we stopped logging, the forests would burn. No one listened


For the past 25 years, I have watched with great sadness as beautiful forest has burned, destroying homes, decimating communities and negatively impacting lives.Even after all these years, I ask myself what else I could have done to prevent this tragedy.My family spent four generations operating sawmills and working in the forests of Arizona, Utah and Colorado.Today, our family-owned sawmills are all gone, and I only wish that there would be some way for the next generation to turn the tide and save our forests before they all burn.Groups began fighting timber salesSixty-five years ago, my father moved our family to Fredonia to help operate the sawmill owned by my grandfather and his brothers.ADVERTISEMENTAdvertisementOver the generations, we worked with thousands of wonderful employees, civic leaders and federal officials to care for the Kaibab, Coconino and …

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