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The battle to protect Arizonaâs remaining old growth ponderosa pines has flared again with a dispute about a timber sale on the Kaibab National Forest â with implications for forest restoration efforts statewide.
The tense exchange of complaints and explanations centered on the removal of thousands of fire-resistant trees greater than 24 inches in diameter as part of the Jacob Ryan Project. A forest supervisorâs suggestion that the removal of the old-growth trees reduced fire damage in a recent wildfire provoked a furious response from environmentalists.
The dispute threatens to unravel an agreement to focus on removing the smaller trees that now choke the forest, after a century of logging, cattle grazing and fire suppression.