CNN.com - Citing fire risk, U.S. to quadruple California logging - Jan. 27, 2004

"U.S. forestry officials announced that they would significantly expand the amount of logging allowed in California's Sierra Nevada mountains in what they described as an effort to curb wildfires.
Environmental groups and a California state official attacked the plan as showing disregard for the environment. "

The Forest Service also seems to be running into an intelligence problem.