OREGON — The fires that burned down the Santiam Canyon over Labor Day weekend in 2020 were a disaster for the communities from Idanha all the way to Stayton. Recovery started right away, but rebuilding homes and public infrastructure has been tragically slow, delaying the healing of the community. Likewise in the burned forests; healing started right away, but logging those burned forests delayed healing. Oregon forests… need fire to be healthy. …When we tend a forest, log it or choose not to tend it, we accept (maybe unconsciously or without really thinking about it) that there’s a chance it will burn. Sure, when the fire does come, it might burn bright and consume everything or it might burn with a light touch, knowing it will come back again. …It is what happens in the forest afterwards that’s up to us. …decision-makers need to stop peeling the scab and end rampant post-fire logging.