At top%3A The recent 244 Fire that burned in Mount Rushmore National Monument and adjacent Black Hills National Forest. Is thinning working%3F Furnish asks. Just above%3A this scene from the Black Hills National Forest looks a lot like Forest Service-sanctioned logging and%252For cuts that have occurred on private land in the Bangtails%2C Bridgers%2C Madisons and other mountains in the Northern Rockies. There is debate over whether logging really does stop wildfires in windy drought years and whether trees will grow back%2C as they used to%2C after logging or fire as climate change effects deepen. Photos%E2%80%94%28top%29 Black Hills National Forest%3B %28just above%29 courtesy Norbeck Society.
At top%3A The recent 244 Fire that burned in Mount Rushmore National Monument and adjacent Black Hills National Forest. Is thinning working%3F Furnish asks. Just above%3A this scene from the Black Hills National Forest looks a lot like Forest Service-sanctioned logging and%252For cuts that have occurred on private land in the Bangtails%2C Bridgers%2C Madisons and other mountains in the Northern Rockies. There is debate over whether logging really does stop wildfires in windy drought years and whether trees will grow back%2C as they used to%2C after logging or fire as climate change effects deepen. Photos%E2%80%94%28top%29 Black Hills National Forest%3B %28just above%29 courtesy Norbeck Society.