Speaker Response

I thought the speaker today was very informative on a topic that unless we were in this class, we would probably never would hear about. The one topic of discussion that he brought up that I think is important to talk about is the idea of ownership. He pointed out that these forests for which he is advocating are national and state parks. Normally when you think of something belonging to the nation or state we think the government owns it. While technically they do, he put it in a way I had never really thought of before. These forests belong to the people. The purpose of these parks and forests if the enjoyment of citizens of the surrounding community and abroad. This being the case, the natural state of these forests should suffice and the scorching of these trees and environments is unnecessary.