Save the Santa Fe National Forest

I have doubts about the effectiveness of cutting and burning in forests on wildfires.

An EIS and ample public input is essential for a project of this magnitude.

shame

this sounds like a very bad idea

It is obvious that an EiS is needed.

I am a resident of the Glorieta area and I oppose the apparent unchecked cutting of trees in the Santa Fe National Forest and neighboring areas. I was born and raised in Santa Fe, and I moved to this area 26 years ago. The trees were an important aspect of my decision to move here. I had the assurance that because my land borders National Forest, along with many of my neighbors', we are protected because the National Forest is protected. Such is apparently not the case, and this is a shock. Property values are negatively affected as well as residents' quality of life when indiscriminate clearing is allowed.

Leave no stone unturned!

Destruction in the name of stopping destruction is a stark and cruel choice. Stark is what the forest will look like if this plan is carried out. Cruel is what the impact will be on wildlife, drought conditions and scenery. Wait for the EIR.

Please do not do this.

There must be an environmental impact done before these thinning burns can happen. I also protest how the fires are lit. More than once have we come out of our business in the early evening when burns are being done and smelled burning flesh. You can't convince me that this is not our wildlife in the mountains that are burning. we never notice it any other time. Please save our wildlife especially when they are getting ready for hibernation and when they are baring their young and nesting in the spring. Janis Kerr Santa Fe N.M.

There is still so much we have to learn about how forests care for themselves!

Don't take our trees!

Stop destroying our

what purpose is served by NOT doing an EIS? who benefits from that?

This is simply too much acreage to not manage with scientifically-backed information. This type of cutting - removing 90% of the trees - has had very bad consequences in other parts of the West. The people want a real study done! It's our forest!

This is unbelievable. Clear cutting is not the answer.

Please don’t destroy the forest especially when it appears that there is absolutely no benefit to doing so.

Stop clear cutting trees until and EIS has been completed and the public fully informed and involved in the process.

An EIS is essential before decisions to proceed begin.

Since the EPA is currently leaderless, we must do what we can to keep our parks and national forests intact.