Streamer

I see where you're coming from. I see National Forest lands as being an extension of Parks; public lands with a mandate to meet national goals for both recreation and preservation. It is where some aspect of "wise use" comes in.

Private land, including industrial forestland, is different. The job there is to grow a "crop" and while resource needs must be considered they are not drivers.

I don't see the need to promote safety should hold on reasonably undeveloped lands; those are the animals homes and humans are visitors. That does become a conundrum as to how one effectively controls animals in a developed environment. I have lots of deer around our place and we built a high fence to protect our vegetables and fruit trees. I don't see how I could safely harvest one on my 0.9 acres without the risk of it's going to a neighbor's property who might not like my killing of it.

As to safety, back a few decades ago there was a proposal to restore Grizzly to the High Cascades, as is being developed again. The Spring brothers, who wrote a lot of hiking books, were very opposed because the Cascades were safe. Above a certain elevation you had no rattlesnakes, no Griz, no wolves, nothing for the hiker to be concerned about. Personally, I don't see it as a problem.