They won't let the forest service and timber companies combat the problem through logging or controlled burns, so what they get are out of control beetle problems and horrible wildfires when the dead timber burns at the wrong time. Actual common sense management went out the window long ago with the forest service and was replaced by enviro-minded employees pumped out from the liberal college system in this country. Instead of letting science and common sense prevail, passion and beliefs are followed, and those who don't agree are pushed aside or silenced. The forest service still has some great people in its ranks, but the people who can physically manage the forest with their hands and an ax, have been outnumbered by bean counters and people who do nothing but study everything, but do nothing. The forest Service used to make a profit for our government through timber management, but now run in the red fighting fires as our resources burn instead of being harvested. Anyone who thinks we lack timber has not stood on a high point in Idaho, trees in no shape or form are endangered.