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Residents question big-tree takeout by U.S. Forest Service

<!--IPTC: 07_12_05_FLORRISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL PARK,CO- For centuries Native Americans peeled away bark from Ponderosa pines trees for food, medicine, and containers . The trees have an unusual and distinct scarring pattern . In some countries and other states, these trees are protected. Colorado is just beginning to document these numerous "scarred " trees some of which are found here in the Florrisant Fossil Beds National Park . Seasonal Park Ranger Rick Burman has taken it upon himself to help document the many scarred trees in the park . ABOVE: This is one of the many scarred trees in the park. PHOTOS BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON-->
<!–IPTC: 07_12_05_FLORRISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL PARK,CO- For centuries Native Americans peeled away bark from Ponderosa pines trees for food, medicine, and containers . The trees have an unusual and distinct scarring pattern . In some countries and other states, these trees are protected. Colorado is just beginning to document these numerous “scarred ” trees some of which are found here in the Florrisant Fossil Beds National Park . Seasonal Park Ranger Rick Burman has taken it upon himself to help document the many scarred trees in the park . ABOVE: This is one of the many scarred trees in the park. PHOTOS BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON–>
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ALLENSPARK — Some residents of the mountain village of Allenspark are concerned that a federal forest-thinning project took out too many large trees.

The residents agree the trees around their Boulder County town need to be thinned because fire-suppression efforts have left the forest too dense, the Boulder Daily Camera reported.

They say the 390-acre project took out the largest and rarest trees from the ponderosa pine forest.

The U.S. Forest Service says the goal is a mix of younger and older trees that is representative of a more natural forest.

Forest Service officials have agreed to take the residents’ concerns into account and review plans for future thinning projects. The Associated Press

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