[QUOTE=ronlaughlin;4311778]Around here the trees to be cut aren't marked by Forest Service. The trees to be left are marked orange. The boundaries are marked blue. The trees on the boundary are marked both blue, and orange.

Elk, and deer don't eat trees.

I moved here to North Idaho from the Wa coast a little over 6 years ago, the way they Log here is totally different than the Coast, here it is 99% thin logging, BUT the funny part is they will log the same unit OVER N OVER, about the time the new little trees start growing good (3-4 years) they will go back in and mark a bunch more timber to cut, the trees will be circled with spray paint, when i go to a job they will tell me to fall every tree with whatever color they have chosen, i have worked State land jobs that had 4 and 5 different colors painted on them, That means its been logged that many times, in my opinion it is one of the DUMBEST things i have ever seen! Why not go in and Log what they want to take 1 time and LEAVE THE PLACE ALONE, allowing the new little trees to grow, but instead they end up destroying most of the new little trees each time they go in and Log, ABSOLUTELY makes no sense?? Greed? I don't know how they think when they lay out these sales, and doubtful i ever will. The State boundary line will be painted in Red slash marks (In a pattern of claw scratch mark)

Here you are allowed to cut firewood for a certain amount of time on State and Federal Land WITH A PERMIT. You are actually allowed and encouraged to Fall dead standing trees, and obviously stuff that is already down. One big problem with this is the Western Larch (Tamarack) they shed their needles in the fall just like leaf bearing trees, and they look dead, when in fact they are fully alive, lot of people take advantage of that and act as if they thought they were dead. Also there are quite a few guys around here that cut firewood for a living, Seems everyone around here burns wood in the winter, firewood is in high demand from folks that aren't able to cut it themselves. For the most part guys seem pretty good about it, they cut true dead standing and down trees, BUT there is always a few that cut green living trees that are easy along side the main mountain rds etc. its these guys that screw it up for EVERYONE, they eventually put gates up and block vehicle traffic from entering due to Theft of Timber.

So as i stated previously, Jon, i would contact State or federal lands (whatever this place is for sure on) and turn the activity in, they will monitor it, and hopefully catch the guy or guys that are doing it, IF in fact they are doing it illegally? But If they have a permit, or it is some how a Timber Sale, there is absolutely ZERO you can do about it. Again, if it is legal it will be marked, either painted, or ribboned, And it is obviously legal if there are log trucks hauling the logs, and heavy equipment in the area