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US Forest Service Silviculturalist Teri Banka in the Tahoe National Forest near Sierraville on Thursday, July 12, 2012. A U.S. Forest Service effort to protect aspen groves by logging conifer forests - including large majestic pines - that grow around them is stirring controversy on the Tahoe National Forest in Ca. The effort is part of much broader effort to protect aspens around the West - generally by logging. But critics fear that the Forest Service - by targeting big trees and causing watershed disturbance - is playing God with nature in ways that - in some places - may hurt more than it helps, or that may be unnecessary. -
An aspen, and a conifer stand near each other in the Tahoe National Forest near Sierraville recently. -
Conifers crowd a large aspen in the Tahoe National Forest near Sierraville recently. -
An aspen lies dead among conifers in the Tahoe National Forest near Sierraville recently. -
US Forest Service Silviculturalist Teri Banka measures the diameter of a conifer in the Tahoe National Forest near Sierraville recently. At nearly 6 feet in diameter, this large, old-growth tree has been marked to not be cut during a project to save aspen groves in the area. -
US Forest Service Silviculturalist Teri Banka in the Tahoe National Forest near Sierraville recently. -
Timber falling contractor Karl Baumann drives a wedge into a tree he is cutting as US Forest Service contract timber fallers cut down conifers near Truckee on Thursday, August 2, 2012. The timber cutting is part of a project to allow aspen groves which are being choked out by conifers to thrive. -
US Forest Service contract timber fallers cut down conifers near Truckee recently. -
Timber falling contractor Karl Baumann finishes a tree he has just cut as US Forest Service contract timber fallers cut down conifers near Truckee recently. -
Timber falling contractor Karl Baumann walks away from a tree he has just cut as US Forest Service contract timber fallers cut down conifers near Truckee recently. -
US Forest Service contract timber fallers cut down conifers near Truckee recently. -
Stumps remain after US Forest Service contract timber fallers cut down conifers near Truckee recently. -
US Forest Service Quentin Youngblood stands amid a healthy aspen grove after conifers were thinned from the area several years ago in the Tahoe National Forest near Sierraville recently. Youngblood says these aspens are now flourishing because conifers were thinned from the area a few years ago. -
A stump remains among healthy aspens after conifers were thinned from the area several years ago in the Tahoe National Forest near Sierraville recently. -
US Forest Service Quentin Youngblood stands amid a healthy aspen grove after conifers were thinned from the area several years ago in the Tahoe National Forest near Sierraville recently. -
A stand of aspens flourishes after conifers were thinned from the area several years ago. in the Tahoe National Forest near Sierraville recently. -
A stand of aspens flourishes after conifers were thinned from the area several years ago. in the Tahoe National Forest near Sierraville recently.
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