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Lawmakers gave millions to support a private landowner’s unusual wildfire prevention method. Does it work?

“Roller felling” encourages aspen stands, but how long the results last and whether it’s any better than other forest treatments remain big unknowns.

(106 Reforestation) This image from a promotional video shows how a Utah company called 106 Reforestation bulldozes overgrown forests on the Tavaputs Plateau with the hope of restoring aspen that have been crowded out by subalpine fir and other conifers. The Utah Legislature has appropriated $4.4 million dollars since 2019 to promote the experimental forest treatments as a way to enhance stream flows.