is it not still run by the federal government! in one way or another..... either way it's a loss to not harvest the forest after a fire as well to let it be over grown to die and become a fire hazard....... government loud chatter is no different than cheap whisky to them who buy it !!!!
It is run by the National Park Service..Dept. Of Interior. Timber harvest is rarely done on National Park lands. Yellowstone was left to recover naturally. That's what they do in the parks. It's kind of nice to have a few places left so folks can see how nature works and that's what parks can do.
The Forest Service is a USDA agency. There has been talk for years about doing away with it and putting those lands under the BLM (Bureau of Land Management). Lots of politics involved in that...lots.
Read up on John Muir and Gifford Pinchot. John Muir was a preservationist. Gifford Pinchot was a forester. Both lobbied and got what they wanted--Muir the National Parks (Yosemite) and Pinchot, the National Forests. Muir wanted land to be untouched. Pinchot wanted forest land kept in reserve and managed for timber. At the time the "silvicultural practice" was to cut it all and move on. No reforestation. No cleanup. Cream it and get out.
The Forest Service has designated wilderness areas--I think the Boundary Waters is one. No motorized equipment is allowed (exceptions can be granted but rarely done) and no timber harvest. Hazard trees around camp areas are felled using crosscut saws and trails are cleared using crosscuts also.