Hamilton, MT: Didn aggressive management lead to most of the degraded health of the landscape? Why are you recommending a similar strategy?
The science-based direction in Alternative 4 is quite different from previous management. Alternative 4 is designed to aggressively restore ecosystem health through active management using an integrated ecosystem management approach based on sound scientific information. Alternative 4 reduces the risks of wildfires to life, property, and resource values, while actively addressing other resource issues. By actively restoring and maintaining ecosystems, this alternative contributes to the social and economic well-being of communities as well.
