I feel it important to mention I have nothing against forest service employees, many of whom are some of the finest Americans we have, and the firefighters, especially the ones that get over the thrill of it and take it seriously are impressive people, but the idea that one gigantic federal bureaucracy can manage millions of acres of wildland from Washington D.C. is not an idea that is ever going to be successful and it has been proven, over and over.

What would preclude a professional staff from being locally controlled, HB, apparently you live in some backwards county if you won't trust your county officials with $5.