Wow, sensitive issue as always. I'll keep it simple. For dog1, I don't know the particular rules on the Forest up in Colorado but in general chainsaws are allowed to be used for legal woodcutting outside the Wilderness. It didn't sound like you were in a Wilderness. For sawbill, I feel for you. We have a Wilderness System that includes land by four agencies, Park Service, Forest Service, BLM and the Fish and Wildlife Service. There are exceptions but hunting is allowed in all but the National Park Service and that is for their non-Wilderness areas too.

Personally I appreciate outfitters who use Wilderness appropriately and are Light on the Land. I know outfitters who educate the public about our National Forest and Leave No Trace Principles. I also know outfitters who help clear the trails, pick up others garbage and help with other trail work. You bet there are many who don't and those who care of nothing but making a buck but most do what they do because they love the Forest. Those clients who they take into the Forest are tax payers too and have the right to hunt in our National Forest/Wilderness areas. A percentage of what an outfitter makes is payed to the Forest for their use on Public Land. Most outfitters I've known don't make a lot of money, their office is pay enough. When people pick outfitters I hope they ask them about such things and pick accordingly. Being from a military family and having been in the military myself I understand the need to fund them first in todays world. It still bothers me to see our Forest and Parks underfunded. Last, I like hunting out in the places without the noises(chainsaws) and we can cut em with the cross-cuts almost as fast.