“If you stood on the lake and looked around you, one of every three trees you saw was dead. The folks in the Lake Tahoe basin got behind a very serious thinning campaign that was very effective.”
“We set up a broad blueprint for what we want to see happened over the next 10 to 15 years. Part of our mandate is to serve the public but also to protect the forests.”
“If they get into a bad situation, there are only two possible outcomes: the individuals will either die or they will have to pay for a very expensive rescue.”
