To the Editor

Forensic

accounting

essential

To the Editor:

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" We’re all familiar with this thought experiment in observation and perception.

So what if an investigation by the Washington Office (WO) visits the Petersburg, and Thorne Bay Ranger Districts and concludes in a report never intended to be made public, that thousands of trees fell in our public forest illegally? Does it make a sound in local newsprint when finally revealed? Not a peep was heard from the Petersburg Pilot on what would surely merit the highest level of...