Thomas McClintock actually said...

Four hundred miles of roads are now in jeopardy. If nearby trees are not removed before winter, we can expect dead trees to begin toppling, ...

As time passes, the value of this dead timber declines, until after a year or so it becomes unsalvageable.

What he didn't explain was that process takes a year or more, and by the time the normal environmental review of salvage operations has been...

The situation is particularly urgent because of the early infestation of bark beetles, which have already been observed attacking the dead t...