A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by a property owner who alleged the Forest Service's handling of the 2018 Pole Creek fire resulted in extensive damage to private land.
Ruling vindicates Forest Service’s decision to not put out Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires before they blew up.
U.S. District Judge Jill Parrish’s ruling marks a vindication for the Forest Service, which came under intense fire by Utah politicians after thewere whipped up by high wind into a massive conflagration that would burn 100,000 acres and forced evacuations in Utah County foothill subdivisions. “Today was a win,” said Rhoades, a former smokejumper, in the release. “Judge Parrish was surprised at the extent of the havoc created by the Forest Service’s new policy.”
There is a broad scientific consensus that the sorry state of the West’s national forests is the result of historic Forest Service policies of excluding fire from the landscape.Rhoades’ news release singled out longtime UWC Forest Supervisor Dave Whittekiend for criticism, claiming his decisions resulted in millions of dollars of damage to private property, although court filings don’t provide much in the way of specifics.
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