A team of state forestry experts is surveying the density of conifers, the scattering of aspen stands, the fallen and rotting trees and the underbrush that crowds this jewel called Big Cottonwood Canyon.
It is important to make this area more immune to catastrophic wildfires, especially given a new agreement recently inked involving the Cardiff Canyon Owners Association, the Wasatch-Uinta-Cache National Forest and the Wasatch Backcountry Alliance.
New legislation could also bring motivation to make the area safer…